Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

Sean Wilentz and his employers at The New Republic take the measure of Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, and Julian Assange and finds them wanting. Should we even question the headline ‘The Heroism of Fools’ as anything but polemic?

‘One of the great turning points in 20th-century American history was the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, which overturned on constitutional grounds the 19th-century Plessy v. Ferguson case that had upheld legal segregation. This decision was … Continue reading →

The ability of Mr. David Brooks to inflate political situations, like the malfunctioning A.C.A. web site issue, into a convoluted and utterly overblown meditation on ‘The Legitimacy Problem’ is predictable. Given Mr. Brooks penchant for manufactured political hyperbole and his … Continue reading →

While at the library yesterday I picked up a copy of the New York Times and with each turn of the page I was surprised even puzzled by these three news stories; why it almost looked like the good grey … Continue reading →

Michael Barbaro reports in the December 14, 2013 edition of the New York Times, in a story titled Bloomberg Focuses on Rest (as in Rest of the World), on the future plans of Mayor Bloomberg. Call Mr. Barbero’s essay a … Continue reading →

Everyone to the Left of Mr. Lowry in his world is on the Left! Call that political territory expansive. If anything Mr. Krugman, the target of Lowry’s ire, is a Social Democrat or simply a Liberal in the old sense … Continue reading →

‘We don’t need bigger government. We need more unified authority. Take power away from the rentier groups who dominate the process. Allow people in those authorities to exercise discretion. Find a president who can both rally a majority, and execute … Continue reading →