Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

Sometimes political cynicism reheated has an unattractive aroma. What to call it? the odor of decay, dessicated and dusty? Although Mr. Luce hits his marks with a certain effectiveness, as to Ms. Clinton’s unslakable political ambition, and it’s ruthless exercise … Continue reading →

The effort to overcome the benighted Neo-Liberal model, which is now in it’s Austerity phase of self-rescue, will be a trans-generational battle. The Greeks are just the first followed by Spain and the rest of the Southern Tier i.e. the … Continue reading →

Like all propaganda Ms. Cox’s essay is a parody of actual thought! Rhetorically framed by comic book metaphors about the powers of super heroes. One must ask the inevitable question: at which audience was this directed ? How does Ms. … Continue reading →

For a partial answer to Kierkegaard’s nihilism in the Concept of Irony, see page 293 in Annette Baier’s Postures of the Mind; ‘I shall suggest that the secular equivalent of faith in God , which we need in morality as … Continue reading →

The New Cold War cliches are Putin as the New Stalin, President Obama’s lack of ‘resolve’ and it’s twin European/EU lack of resolve i.e. Merkel, and ‘Russian revanchism’ all carefully articulated by Mr. Stephens. Who then, quite boldly and imaginatively, … Continue reading →

Compare Mr. Timothy Garton Ash’s gentle but firm anti-intellectual attack on John Mearsheimer: ‘Professor Realist’ to the certifiable intellectual bumpkinry of former Air Force General Charles Wald. First Mr. Ash’s attempt to discredit Mr. M.’s realism, better to call it … Continue reading →

Is it any surprise that this editorial at The Economist begins with Left Wing hysteria mongering? This as the West finds itself covered in the soot of the Neo-Liberal delusion that turned to ash? The failure of Neo-Liberalism demands further … Continue reading →

Mr. Niall Ferguson’s essay of February 13, 2015 titled ‘The Meaning of the Minsk Agreement’ is one more demonstration that the political cliches of the New Cold War have become fully integrated in the rhetoric of the Western Exceptionalist Political … Continue reading →

If there is any doubt in your mind that War Fever has infected the same ‘minds/hearts’ that sold the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? Here is the evidence. Martin Wolff in the Financial Times under the title ‘Help Ukraine seize … Continue reading →

E.W. is author of the rambling essay titled Anxious Sensitivity under the rubric of Political Correctness, in which she/he engages in an evaluation of events, opinions, comments, that share a perceived common theme, expressed in that rubric and title. Here  … Continue reading →