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Never before has a German government been this unpopular after only one year in office as that of Chancellor Friedrich Merz. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 02, 2026 Never before has a German government been this unpopular after only one year in office … Continue reading →

Almost Marx comments Posted on November 12, 2016 by stephenkmacksd stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 01, 2026 Beware the Straussians! Intellectual bloat, windy and self-serving re-descriptions of the past, the political present and predictions on our collective, benighted future, by the stern guiding … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 01, 2026 In May 1944, Learned Hand delivered a brief but timeless address in New York on “the spirit of liberty.” Freedom, the great Second Circuit jurist warned, cannot be safeguarded by constitutions, laws or courts. Nor can … Continue reading →

Political Observer ! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 30, 2026 Friday: Cancer does funny things to time. Both to the person who has it and the family of those with the illness. It feels as if I have lived every moment with Jill … Continue reading →

Jun 27th 2024. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 29, 2026 The Reader might ask the Economist Oxbridger Cadre, what went wrong with Kier Starmer? … That is the negative case for voting Labour, but there are positive arguments, too. The first is that … Continue reading →

Political Observer on the malleability of The Technocrats who advise Presidents ! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 29, 2026 What reader can forget Cass Cass Sunstein? Cass R. Sunstein, a partitioner of ‘The Kahneman Methodology’? Posted on April 12, 2024 by stephenkmacksd Newspaper Reader engages is … Continue reading →

Iran is in fill control of the Strait of Hormuz, and does not have ‘truce jitters’, but is in full controll, to the shagrin of Trump and and his familiar JD Vance. ‘Semafor Flagship’ …….. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 29, 2026

Political Observer on the political toxin of generations! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 29, 2026 Can it even surprise that John Podhoretz is the son Norman Podhoretz and Midge Decter? Who can forget Normans claim to fame was ‘Making It’ ? His telling Jackie Kennedy … Continue reading →

Political Observer from June 6, 2015. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 28, 2026 Posted on June 6, 2015 by stephenkmacksd The Economist supplies Western propaganda as answer to Putin Propaganda? The New Cold War with Putin as The New Stalin has reached the point of no … Continue reading →

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/26/digested-week-another-pm-bites-dust-surprisingly-moving stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 28, 2026 Digested week: Another PM bites the dust and it’s surprisingly moving. John Crace Monday Hard to believe, but in my 12 and a half years as the Guardian’s political sketch writer, I am about to … Continue reading →