Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

Recall the hysterical, war mongering David Brooks of ‘The Collapse of the Dream Palaces’ ? https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/the-collapse-of-the-dream-palaces Mr. Brooks has ‘evolved’ over time, aided by his political opportunism, into an American Political Prophet. In his latest column its headline announces: ‘This … Continue reading →

With all the Marque Pundits on vacation, it falls the Mr. Ganesh to offer up his commentary on the Biden pick of Harris, as his vice-president. He mentions in passing Harris’ threat to jail the parents of truant children. The … Continue reading →

Mr. Stavridis’ rise to the top of the Military/Capitalist coterie’s Olympus is here made clear to the reader of his latest essay at Bloomberg Opinion: Headline: Brent Scowcroft Never Hated His Enemies Sub-headline: His realist approach to global affairs came … Continue reading →

Andy Divine’s  essay of July 31, 2020 on the evolution/de-evolution of Post-Modernism, and its fellow traveler Critical Theory, leaves the reader with the realization that these conceptual and intellectual descriptions, have now been reduced to propaganda ‘catch phrases’  in the … Continue reading →

Headline: Beirut explosion: France’s Macron warns Lebanon on need for reform Sub-headline: International donors pledge aid in wake of explosion that devastated Beirut There is nothing like the craven ambition of Macron! He covets the Leadership of the EU , … Continue reading →

Its always rewarding, at my breakfast time, to do some exploring of the morning newspapers. What caught my attention today, with the proviso that all the Big Name’s of political comment are on vacation? was Janan Ganesh’s latest essay in … Continue reading →

The reader quickly realizes the ‘why’ of the Jerusalem Post hiring, of the 28 year old Bret Stephens, to be its editor. This newspaper is the propaganda arm of the Zionist State. And Stephens regurgitates the ever evolving rationales for … Continue reading →

America’s political Gossip Sheet supplies more of the Kamala Harris political melodrama. One of Senile Old Joe’s advisors, on his VP pick, is former Senator Chris Dodd. Political sclerotics rule the roost! Poor Kamala f’d upped when she attacked Joe … Continue reading →

In the Catholic Tradition the search for heretics dates from its beginning.  The reader could profitably start her inquiry with James J. O’Donnell’s Augustine: A New Biography that provides a record of his campaigns against sects that he identified as … Continue reading →

Futurism is now in vogue, as a tool for Pundits to enliven their jejune commentaries, an ersatz touchstone predicated on the imagination, rather than demonstrable fact. Read Bret Stephens’ latest New York Times essay, as a necessary proof of the … Continue reading →