Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

Can there be any doubt that Mr. Trump is a megalomaniac? Mr. Brooks’ attempts a psychological/moral diagnosis of Trump, the man and his politics, is presented in this paragraph: I repeat this history because I don’t think moral obliviousness is … Continue reading →

Mr. Luce’s latest essay reads as it were authored by the Clinton Wing of the New Democrats, so awash in paranoid speculation on the Evil Trump. Mr. Luce simply embroiders on the themes first enunciated by Mrs. Clinton and her … Continue reading →

Headline: The Sun King: Macron burnishes his presidential image Sub-headline: French lap up ostentatious display of grandeur from youthful head of state From the utterly shameless, what to call it, kowtowing,worshipful, obsequious stance of The Financial Times towards Macron, the … Continue reading →

As a regular reader of Andrew Sullivan I find his reputation as an American Pundit a function of his self-advertisement, wedded to his abysmal ignorance of American political, social history.  Some examples from Mr. Sullivan’s July 7, 2017 essay: But … Continue reading →

Headline: Police braced for further G20 violence Sub-headline: Scale of Hamburg clashes casts a pall over showcase for German diplomacy “It looks like war,” one resident told German TV. “This has nothing to do with protest — it’s raw violence and … Continue reading →

The Financial Times assigns ‘reporter’ Mamta Badkar the task of ballyhooing the June Jobs Report. Of course, the comments section is closed, the editors of this Tory tabloid knows their readership. Now, this essay features the usual graphs, that chart … Continue reading →

Thank you Officer Mark McKibben for your call of July 3, 2017 letting me know that my brother was found dead. He had been homeless for some time, and we had lost contact for many reasons… StephenKMackSD http://mec.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/mec

One Neo-Liberal Grifter replaced by a more seasoned veteran, at running the con ! Or should they both be called ‘Creative Disruptors’, in Financial Times speak? Uber is not a ‘Internet Service’ but a taxi service, that seeks to avoid … Continue reading →

This reader just wonders at Mr. Evan R. Goldstein’s essay on Jonathan Haidt with the headline: ‘Can Jonathan Haidt Calm the Culture Wars?’ The wonder can be defined by the question: does Mr. Goldstein think that that some of the readership … Continue reading →

The perfect concatenation of The Atlantic Magazine, ‘The Aspen Ideas Festival’, David Petraeus, Jane Harman and Mr. Friedersdorf: in sum, America’s 30 Years War will continue until it’s apologists do what? Concoct a war against Iran? As the Devil that haunts … Continue reading →