Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

Welcome to the United States of Amnesia, where the heroes and villains change according to the political weather. In the present political atmosphere in Washington D.C.,  Mr. Mueller is the hero, whose record of incompetence has been erased from the … Continue reading →

Headline: Civil servants lament Theresa May’s ‘wasted year’ over Brexit Sub-headline: Mandarins accuse No 10 of stifling policy debates and alienating EU partners Who are the ‘Mandarins’ that take center stage  in this ‘news story’ by George Parker and James … Continue reading →

An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story Niebuhr’s reputation as a primary American Philosopher demonstrates with stunning clarity the paucity of intellectual standards in America. He was no Sartre, Heidegger nor was even comparable to William James. He was, in … Continue reading →

Capitalist Folk Hero Steve Eisman, the inspiration for a Hollywood film, predictions should be taken seriously by the readership of The Financial Times? He was just a canny player in the game of Casino that is Wall Street. Here is … Continue reading →

Mr. Stephens essay of July 29, 2017 titled ‘The ‘No Guardrails’ Presidency’ makes the ludicrous argument that Trump is directly related to the year 1968, and its ‘moral chaos’, using a 1998 essay in the Wall Street Journal editorial titled … Continue reading →

One needn’t wonder over Mrs. Jobs  purchase of The Atlantic, after all America is the country where the land thief and murderer were king: the trials and tribulations of the  arriviste was one of the great themes of that insufferable … Continue reading →

On the Sullivan menu this Friday is the Trump Political/Constitutional Catastrophe, The Heroism of John McCain, and the Mendacity of Left Wing KPFA. America’s Adopted Drama Queen is at full screech in his comments on the Trump Nihilism, reminding this … Continue reading →

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 →