Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

Mr. Luce again brings his cliche ridden cogitations to the agonizing dilemma of the ‘Trump Question’. E. g.: ‘The guns of August are cocked and ready.’ Would historian Barbara Tuchman forgive? The root of the whole affair is the wounded … Continue reading →

The Financial Times as the in-order-too of not investing too much time or newspaper space to the bad news that Neo-Liberal Lite Golden Boy Macron is suffering from the political malady diagnosed as ‘popularity plummets’. They have produced a 2:37 … Continue reading →

Headline : The battlefield is everywhere in the digital age Sub-headline: This new world order means China and Russia can subvert the west’s military strength Note that the headline writers at The Financial Times are still in the thrall of … Continue reading →

The second paragraph of Mr. Sullivan’s latest Political Encyclical is remarkable in that it demonstrates with absolute certainty his obsessive narcissism: I know, I know. That word — as it has been reverse engineered by the modern GOP — no … Continue reading →

Headline: Emmanuel Macron lays claim to the mantle of de Gaulle Sub-headline : Like the general, the French president aspires to rule above conventional politics As always the headline and sub-headline at The Financial Times,  are the all important rhetorical/political framing … Continue reading →

@Sedro @personal view @Sedro, You are not the Bodhisattva, who walked outside the palace wall to experience the real world! You are like the editors of this publication who can’t comprehend the rise of ‘The Rebellion Against the Elites’ once the … Continue reading →

The badly bruised and battered ego of Hillary Clinton has nurtured a thousand flowers of New Cold War Paranoia: Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) most recently accused Russia of engaging in warfare. “I think this attack that we’ve experienced is … Continue reading →

In answer to Mr. Sandbu’s fulsome praise for ‘Globalization’ framed in a kind of political moralizing, because that framing is all important to the production of usable propaganda: Headline: An enfeebled America stands alone Sub-headline: Economic change has affected other … Continue reading →

Where have McConnell and Ryan been? They have had ample time to come up with an alternative to the Heritage Foundation Health Care! Where was a Working Group on Health Care ‘Reform’ , made up of Senate and House Republicans, … Continue reading →

Its Monday July 17, 2017 at before 7 AM  PDT, here is a screen capture of an e-mail I received from The Financial Times: All of these ‘News Stories’ published on July 16, 2017, in order of appearance: Headline: Theresa May … Continue reading →