Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

Is it anything like a surprise that the latest National Security State operative Christopher Wray sounds the ‘alarm’ and like Pavlov’s dog the Press genuflects to the carefully cultivated Legend of the the ‘invincible’ FBI? The reader just needs to … Continue reading →

Max Boot is another of the coterie Neo-Conservative Spartans , who celebrate war, yet are utterly without military credentials. He is not the Junger of  In Storms of Steel. Richard Aldington’s 1930 quote seems apt: ‘I see many death worshipers … Continue reading →

Wasn’t the kind of book written by Mr. Wolff , melodramatically titled ‘Fire and Fury’ once the province of respectable journalistic hacks/has beens, like what the Bob Woodward atelier used to churn out? Woodward’s salad days of Watergate, at The … Continue reading →

Mr. Stephens, the unapologetic Neo-Conservative war monger ‘uncovers’ the corruption of the Iranian Revolution in 2018. The Reuters expose of 2013 is offered as quite compelling evidence. Yet Stephens is not just content with this three part expose,  he enlists … Continue reading →

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/hegel/37AB969551F8C80F177936F7773B3E1F http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo3637657.html Philosophical Apprentice  

The new world disorder and the fracturing of the west The geopolitical situation remains tense, although the world economy is improving Despite the portentous headline, and its sub-headline, as an act of rhetorical subtraction Mr. Wolf is in familiar territory. Or … Continue reading →

@Koln The world, or its delicate microcosm  at The Financial Times, is beset with ‘trolls’ of all varieties: Anti-Zionists, Corbynistas, Brexiteers, Russians etc. etc. But the fact is, though you vigorously deny its applicability, Gaza resembles the Warsaw Ghetto: During … Continue reading →

All the reportage about the current Iranian domestic crisis in the ‘Western Press’ is awash in hypocrisy! The record of ‘Western Meddling‘, starting with the Coup against Mohammad Mosaddegh, is irrefutable : ‘Mohammad Mosaddegh[a] (Persian: محمد مصدق‎; IPA: [mohæmˈmæd(-e) mosædˈdeɣ] ( listen);[b] 16 … Continue reading →

Headline: Macron reforms will boost eurozone, says poll of economists Sub-headline: Most experts predict growth of 2.3% in 2018 despite Italy election risks The reader of this ‘news story’ framed by the notion that Macron’s reforms will impact   the EU … Continue reading →

@Les Kaye votes Leave! @StephenKMackSD @Britannia rules the waves @Les Kaye votes Leave! Thank you, for your both thoughtful and informative response. The ‘decline’ I’m speaking of is not just Mrs. Thatcher’s penchant for passing out  ‘The Road to Serfdom’ as if … Continue reading →