Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/opinion/brooks-a-choice-not-a-whine.html?_r… I lost my patience with Mr. Brooks after reading the first paragraph of this propaganda and will only quote that paragraph. I did read the remainder of the essay, but I fear anything else will lead to a loss … Continue reading →

The point of propaganda is to shape public opinion and Ross Douthat in essay The Liberal Embrace of Judicial Restraint has written it as a kind of self-celebration. It's casual in tone, given that it appears under the title of … Continue reading →

Schumpeter in his column of June 23,2012, in the Economist titled Adieu, la France, concocts a fable in which Robber Capital has worked it's magic and we stand in the ruin of the Free Market, where we must listen to … Continue reading →

"Obamacare Showdown" Who can forget the audacious even bravura performance of John Roberts before the Judiciary Committee and his beautifully delivered defense of stare decisis? In retrospect it was an encomium, of sorts: the confirmation, The Citizens United decision. Legal … Continue reading →

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/26/opinion/brooks-the-power-of-the-particular….   I can see Davey all dressed up for any of the Springsteen concerts: bandana wrapped around his head, Wayfarers on,Springsteen tee shirt, cargo shorts and flip flops and holding a mighty forty ouncer. Am I hallucinating? Yeh, cause … Continue reading →

http://www.cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-14628-9/foundations-of-the-america… “Inderjeet Parmar reveals the complex interrelations, shared mindsets, and collaborative efforts of influential public and private organizations in the building of American hegemony. Focusing on the involvement of the Ford, Rockefeller, and Carnegie foundations in U.S. foreign affairs, Parmar … Continue reading →

What is so striking in this long article on Apple retail stores in the New York Times titled Apple’s Retail Army, Long on Loyalty but Short on Pay is that in the comments section so many writers defended the Apple … Continue reading →

Mr. Gelb's usual chatter seems better organized and more succinct in this essay. Conjecture: one of Tina Brown's subordinates has assigned a new editor with the chore of revising his essays before publication. Or perhaps a cassette tape arrives at … Continue reading →

Compare the more empirical and historically based , revelatory arguments of Paul Krugman, on the Greek crisis and election, with the usual politically exploitable left wing paranoia of Conservative Ross Douthat. Although the discussion are not exactly parallel, Mr. D. … Continue reading →