Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

The latest bizarre twist, in this election year, is that Republican John Kasich will speak at the Democratic Convention. He being part of the ‘Never Trumper’ contingent. This coterie somehow finds Joe Biden, even in his state of advanced cogitative … Continue reading →

Headline:The Tyranny Of Tenderness Sub-headline: A warning from Walker Percy: well-intentioned but ill-considered solutions will do more harm than good. The Bearers of White Privilege confront Black Lives Matter with a version of an ‘Ersatz Sociology’ , via Walker Percy … Continue reading →

Translation of the whole thread, from the beginning: There are some “interesting” things in the RGN of June with a special file on policing. https://gendarmerie.interieur.gouv.fr/crgn/Publications/Revue-de-la-gendarmerie-nationale/Revue-N-267 … Already the general objectives of doc. Globally GM have two problems: the increase of … Continue reading →

The third paragraph of Andy’s farewell letter, after the politic gestures, is an exercise of blame placing, at its most intellectually bloated: ‘A critical mass’!    ‘What has happened, I think, is relatively simple: A critical mass of the staff and … Continue reading →

The reader needn’t go any further into Mr. Barber’s review of Patrice Gueniffey’s book  Napoleon & de Gaulle to realize the political propinquity between author and reviewer: Rather, Gueniffey is lining up with those who fret that history is no … Continue reading →

After Mr. Ganesh’s July 10th’s comic meditation on Alaric the Goth and English ‘chippyness’ , that he posited ‘as potent a source of motivation as exists in life.’ , supplied by Douglas Boin’s book. https://www.ft.com/content/43e1d489-def7-422c-a8fb-00f4d9e11db9 Mr. Ganesh drew certain lessons, … Continue reading →

Pankaj Mishra is the one reason I subscribed to this publication! Without doubt a writer always worth reading, and contemplating, in the immediate retrospect. And as recollection. ‘Cancel Culture’ is the latest political fiction, confected by an utterly corrupt class … Continue reading →

For some reason I felt compelled the stop reading this book, last month : Chapter 6 Mysticism , Ontotheology, Anti modernism, on page 118. Even the reading of  the history of Heidegger’s thought can be a challenge to the readers … Continue reading →

Andy Divine praises Justice Roberts, larded with toxic self-congratulation : The Wisdom of the Roberts Court…Yes, this means that almost all employers can be legally punished if they discriminate against gay, lesbian, and trans people, but employers whose business is … Continue reading →

On the why of the rise of the ‘nativist government’ in Mitteleuropa read ‘Europe Since 1989’ by Phillipp Ther. Chapter 4. Getting on the Neoliberal Bandwagon and Chapter 5. Second-Wave Neoliberalism. These countries rejected any form, of what they considered … Continue reading →