Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

Instead of covering the weekly instalment of The Rebellion Against The Elites, that takes place in France every Saturday across the country, is unreported in The Financial Times -in another time and place this was called ‘managed news’! What appeals … Continue reading →

Au lieu de couvrir la tranche hebdomadaire de The Rebellion Against The Elites, qui a lieu en France tous les samedis à travers le pays, n’est pas rapportée dans le Financial Times – à une autre époque et en un … Continue reading →

In America two genres of popular culture are, and have been, in the ascendent , since the 1930’s and 1940’s , Pulp and the Comic Book. Why start here? James Ferguson provides the cartoon reductionism of the argued conflict between … Continue reading →

What might History teach about the failed interventions of the British and the Soviet Union and their wars in Afghanistan? Not to speak of America’s support for the Mujahideen and  Osama bin Laden?   The two most conservative/reactionary Western newspapers, are … Continue reading →

From January 21, 2021 in The Economist: Under the rubric of ‘Fire without fury’ Headline: Will Joe Biden’s fiscal stimulus overheat the American economy? Sub-headline: If it does, higher inflation could be the consequence On january 20th Joe Biden entered the … Continue reading →

The first paragraph reads like a weak but modulated defense of the Royals, in a History Made To Measure of their victimhood, at the hands of democratising forces: malign political actors, catastrophic events, all cobbled together to impress the reader … Continue reading →

The viewer/reader is confronted with Catch Phrases masquerading as descriptive of Thought. E.g., ‘The Closing of the American Mind’, ‘The Clash of Civilizations’ , ‘The End of History and the Last Man’, ‘Tenured Radicals’, ‘Illiberal Education’ , ‘The Right Nation’, … Continue reading →

In his his essay of April 13, 2021, Mr. Ganesh proclaimes ‘A raucously free society is hard to mobilise against a rival in a lasting way’ ! He riffs on ‘rugged individualism’ ,in his surprising lack of mastery of American … Continue reading →

Even framed by Mr. Ganesh’s potted history of America’s Old Cold War, and the mention of Kennan, but not his ‘The Long Telegram’ nor his ‘Mr. X article’, this reader finds his whole article lacks anything like a viable case … Continue reading →

The E.U.’s stability is built on adherence to its laws ? ******************************* Opinion: How France gets away with breaking EU rules on its … http://www.marketwatch.com › story › how-france-gets-away Oct 25, 2019 · France is already overshooting the treaty limit in 2019. … Continue reading →