Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

Like both Maugham and Greene, Naipaul was a monster. But in addition to Mr. Genesh’s essay read V.S. Pritchett’s review of ‘The Mimic Men’ and ‘A Flag on the Island’ from the April 11, 1968 New York Review of Books. The … Continue reading →

Fellow Financial Times readers spend some of your valuable time reading some other writers ,than Mr.Luce’s jejune speculations, prognostications, not to speak of a rickety psychological portrait of the Carnival Barker Trump. First is the American ‘Liberal’ Eugene Robinson’s Hymn … Continue reading →

This quote from the originator of the ‘Southern Strategy’ Richard Nixon demonstrates that Mr. Ganesh needs to immerse himself in American political/cultural history, instead of parading his utter ignorance of that history as some kind of what?  An Enlightened stance … Continue reading →

‘Nick Hanauer is a Seattle-based entrepreneur and venture capitalist, and the founder of Civic Ventures, a public-policy incubator.’ Its Summer and America’s favorite Political Gossip Sheet opens the ‘Floor’ to another ‘Greedy Capitalist’ to lecture the all and sundry members … Continue reading →

Mr. Bromwich manages to avoid the current political hysteria ,or simply to mute it, therefore making it more palatable to the reader, than the Corporate Media hysterics.He even manages to shame these political actors, yet at the same moment to … Continue reading →

Extra!Extra! Read all about it!!! Andy Divine on Trump and the ‘enlightened Saudi Prince’, Trump & the Mueller investigation, Corbyn & Anti-Semitism! Mr. Divine’s specialty is fully realized political hysterics: Andy delivers the goods! ( Walter Winchell & Lee Atwater … Continue reading →

Uber and Lyft ,and the others cited in this article, are Taxi Services not ‘ride-hailing services’ and are regulated in the Public Interest by the City of New York. Something the Financial Times can’t seem to grasp! But theses companies, … Continue reading →

Mr. Ganesh doesn’t offer much in his latest essay. But this one word quote from the Foreign Policy technocrat Richard Haass: ‘Richard Haass of the Council on Foreign Relations suggests “abdication”, …’ What is happening is that the  technocrats, from … Continue reading →

For the readership of this newspaper with a memory longer than last week, this newspaper and its writer/hirelings have been Anti-Corbyn, since he began his rise in the Labour Party, as the alternative to the ruling Blairite faction. The Party … Continue reading →

The IMF mantra of ‘Austerity’ has never worked ! Macri will go through the motions: “It has become clear that Macri wants to focus the fiscal cuts on spending, without backtracking on commitments to lower taxes, especially on agricultural exports,” … Continue reading →