Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

Mr. Brooks never tires of his own rhetorical strategy of presenting his interventions, framed in a vulgar pastiche of Hegelian ‘Concepts’, that apes a kind of profundity. Mr. Brooks is on this occasion a propagandist for this collaboration of Brookings … Continue reading →

‘Francis Malige was the EBRD’s managing director in Kiev from 2014 to 2018. He is now based in London as managing director for financial institutions.’ https://www.ft.com/content/2576251a-ee51-11e8-8180-9cf212677a57 This is propaganda for the 2014 Ukrainian Coup, there is no other descriptor for … Continue reading →

The presentation of the ‘legacy of Stop & Frisk’ entertains the fiction that Bloomberg didn’t get Judge Scheindlin removed from the case. Or  that he wasn’t a co-conspirator in the Show Trial of Cecily McMillan: Oligarchs have Power!!!!!! https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2018/11/22/bloombergs-stop-and-frisk-legacy-would-complicate-presidential-bid-707075 American … Continue reading →

This reader can only marvel at the Chief Justice John Roberts daring to present himself as the ‘voice of reason’ in contradistinction to Trump’s Know-Nothingism. That the leader of the Neo-Confederate/Originalist coterie, that now dominates the Supreme Court, and the … Continue reading →

The Jupiterian Revolution of M. 37% seems to stumble from crisis to crisis, all of his own making!  Most of these go un-reported in one of his staunchest propaganda ‘newspapers’ The Financial Times. Mr. Bremner’s enlightening essay offers something that … Continue reading →

Ms. Slaughter has proven herself to be not just an apologist for corporate power but its henchman! From the New York Times of September 1, 2017: Headline: New America, a Google-Funded Think Tank, Faces Backlash for Firing a Google Critic … Continue reading →

Headline:The Tudor approach would execute Brexit Sub-headline: In splitting with Europe, Henry VIII played the long game. So must the UK Is it a surprise that Mr. Ferguson has chosen Henry VIII, and his schism with the Catholic Church, over his … Continue reading →

  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 →