Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

  Mr. Haight is a New Democratic hireling : In chapter 8 of The Righteous Mind, Haidt describes how he began to study political psychology in order to help the Democratic Party win more elections, but in chapter 12 of … Continue reading →

The reliably incurious Mr. Divine uses the descriptor ‘cold civil war’ as if it hasn’t been used in ‘quite a while‘ , here is  a link to the Claremont Review of Books from April 25,2017 by Angelo M. Codevilla titled ‘The … Continue reading →

The Financial Times headline writers have done their best to imitate the pathetic, bloated yet almost resonant hot air, that David Brooks makes his specialty of the house, at his perch at the New York Times: its epic bloat! Headline: … Continue reading →

M. 37% practices his own version of authoritarianism, maladroitly self-described as Jupertarian Politics built upon ‘Rule by Decree’ that now seems to to have devolved into a slow-motion disarray. But The Financial Times hireling Harriet Agnew quotes from Macron ,with a … Continue reading →

Mr. Ganesh’s essay of November 7, 2018 on the American Mid-Terms must be named as an exercise in the unimaginative political generic, with bit of statistical gloss. Headline; US midterm elections: Democrats must not overplay their hand Sub-headline: Activists want … Continue reading →

Headline: Emmanuel Macron’s fatigue gives his government the blues Sub-headline : French president pays for overpromising as rumours of burnout afflict his brand I’m  catching up, after a week focused on the mid-term elections in America. And can’t resist the … Continue reading →

When I first read this tweet from The American Conservative,  authored by Bruce Fein, I was startled that anyone would defend Scalia’s conception of ‘Textualism’, no matter the context. ‘As Justice Antonin Scalia endlessly lectured, what matters in constitutional interpretation … Continue reading →

Among the topics raised in his usual political free association, of October 12, 2018 titled The Danger of Trump’s Political Accomplishments , Andy Divine was surprised at what McConnell and Ryan were able to pass in Congress, controlled by Republicans … Continue reading →

Mr. Stephens points at Trump and his obliteration ‘the moral guardrails that keep bigotry down.’ The ‘as if’ here is that his readers will develop ‘political/moral amnesia’ , on Mr, Stephens’ shameless advocacy of the IDF’S mass murder of Palestinians! … Continue reading →

Mr. Ganesh never ties of speaking in platitudes, under the guise of valuable insight, the paragraph below is a telling example of this unimpressive political strategy. The calls for political civility run up against another limitation. They are essential as … Continue reading →