Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

Headline: Keir Starmer should finish the purge of Corbynism Sub-headline: Voters are warming to Labour’s leader but need to see he has the strength and courage to take on the party’s left-wing https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/starmer-should-finish-the-purge-of-corbynism-f7vpt9fv8 Rachel Sylvester’s Time’s column, of June 15, … Continue reading →

Note the first paragraph of Mr. Divine’s latest essay: One of the things you know if you were brought up as a Catholic in a Protestant country, as I was, is how the attempted extirpation of England’s historic Catholic faith … Continue reading →

Reading Mr. Ganesh’s latest essay features his ‘History Made to Measure’. Or you could look at it as an intellectual pastiche, of one of the paintings/assemblages of Red Grooms? Do investigate the work of an American satirist, of actual talent, … Continue reading →

This reads like a Press Release from the Biden Campaign. Trump has it wrong its not ‘Sleepy Joe’ but ‘Cognitive Deficit Old Joe’ ! The only real question is when and how will the New Democrats unload Biden? All carefully, … Continue reading →

Reading Mr. Stavridis’ CV, condensed by Bloomberg editors, is revelatory, to understate the case:  James Stavridis is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is a retired U.S. Navy admiral and former supreme allied commander of NATO, and dean emeritus of the … Continue reading →

The reader of Mr. Rachman’s latest essay is first confronted by an editorial cartoon, depicting the American Eagle and an Indian Tiger, both noble and resolute, facing off with a demonic red  Chinese Dragon, with smoke coming from its nostrils. … Continue reading →

I came here from The Financial Times. Just looking at Gideon Rachman’s latest essay, made me a bit queasy: Headline: India picks a side in the new cold war Sub-headline: It is folly for China to drive its rival into … Continue reading →

How should Neo-Conservatism be described? How might it be defined? by its political/philosophical myth-making, its relentless mendacity and its political schisms?Bret Stephens, in his latest essay in the New York Times, comments upon John Bolton’s Trump Tell-All. I read the … Continue reading →

Andy Divine will never obtain what he most desires, a Red Hat, and the opportunity to sit in The College of Cardinals. Although his vestments could never outshine the Pope’s finery. Andy will just have to settle, like the rest … Continue reading →

Headline:Opponents of more IMF lending may have blood on their hands Sub-headline: If that sounds dramatic, it is nothing compared with the death and suffering that can still be avoided When it come to the manufacture of Economic Metaphysics Mr. … Continue reading →