Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

‘Vintage Macron’? like the Beaujolais of an off year, not just disappointing, simply trading on its name, but sour and utterly weak ! This is the key to Sophie Pedder’s near  hagiography of M. 37%. Ms. Pedder an employee of … Continue reading →

While I was waiting, with a friend, to have her tires changed, I read this review in the May 10, 2018 edition of the London Review of Books titled ‘God bless Italy’  by Christopher Clark. And was surprised, and not … Continue reading →

Mocking BHL is easy should be the title of this interview/essay by Mr. Kuper. M. Levy’s shtick never seems to grow old for a certain strata of journalists. M. Levy provides the pretext ,the rhetorical frame, of this extended exploration … Continue reading →

When will the Financial Times admit the fact that Uber is a ‘Employer’ and that it has ‘Employees’ ?  like every other Capital enterprise, except that the Neo-Liberals at both Uber and FT have manufactured this dull-witted neologism of ‘ride-hailing … Continue reading →

The death of Mr. Wolfe has produced a great deal of praise for this literary capon in a white suit: a Dandy as imagined by Walt Disney: Here is an excerpt from Janan Ganesh’s obituary , at The Financial Times, … Continue reading →

‘Yet how else should he have been? Wolfe, whose death this week left our literary scene all the hollower, is known today for his novels.’ Once a Dandy, Disraeli wrote novels as a way of giving his politics life, speculations … Continue reading →

@FT offered  one small news report on the Gaza Massacre and then this editorial : Headline: Israel’s disproportionate response to the Gaza protests Sub-headline: Trump encourages Netanyahu to embrace maximalist positions This observation near the beginning of this ‘editorial’ almost … Continue reading →

The reader of this ‘exit interview’  with Mr. Brooks might look bit premature, at least to this cynic , as he is leaving in June 2019. May 13, 2018 must have been a slow news day, or I’ve missed the … Continue reading →

Headline : Argentina’s fickle fortunes have turned sour once again Sub-headline : Despite President Macri’s efforts at reform, the country faces a new financial crisis Mr. Rathbone writes advocacy journalism, or should the reader call it propaganda? With help from … Continue reading →

Robin Wigglesworth opens his essay by describing the board game Eternal Debt that gained popularity after 2001 in Argentina to describe its ‘tempestuous, on-off relationship with the IMF.’ The game underscores the tempestuous, on-off relationship Argentina has long had with … Continue reading →