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About stephenkmacksd

Rootless cosmopolitan,down at heels intellectual;would be writer. 'Polemic is a discourse of conflict, whose effect depends on a delicate balance between the requirements of truth and the enticements of anger, the duty to argue and the zest to inflame. Its rhetoric allows, even enforces, a certain figurative licence. Like epitaphs in Johnson’s adage, it is not under oath.' https://www.lrb.co.uk/v15/n20/perry-anderson/diary

On The New York Times, and it’s Reporter David French, in 30 instalments!

Political Observer comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Aug 05, 2025 Headline: Opinion David French Israel Must Open Its Eyes Aug. 3, 2025 Political Observer povides a running comentary on Mr. French’s long Zionist Apologetic Paragraph 1 I think it’s fair to describe me as … Continue reading

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On the Political Visions of Robert Colvile?

Political Observer almost grasps the Colvile Methodology? stephenkmacksd.com/ Aug 03, 2025 Headline: Keir Starmer’s not the issue. But nor were Johnson, May, Brown… Sub-headline: This time last year the prime minister was at his height but he has steadily become … Continue reading

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Recall David Brooks as writer of ‘The Collapse of the Dream Palaces’ ?

Political Observer comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Aug 02, 2025 Editor: Reader recall Mr. Brooks War Mongering of April 28, 2003? That led to his ascent to position at The New York Times? The War in Iraq was a lie and a crime … Continue reading

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Douglas Murray diagnoses the Gaza Problem, & mentions ‘the odd-balls Party of Jeremy Corbyn & Zarah Sultana’.

Political Observer. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 31, 2025 Headline: Starmer’s spineless pandering to the Gaza vote is coming at a terrible cost Sub-headline: Palestinianism is a creed that is entrenching divisions and transforming our culture for the worse https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/30/britain-now-west-capital-sectarian-politics/ Editor: Mr. Murray … Continue reading

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The Unhappy Marriage of The Economist & The Anglican Communion, as told by Charlemagne!

American Observer comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 31, 2025 Under the rubric : Europe | Charlemagne Headline: Cigarettes, booze and petrol bankroll Europe’s welfare empire Sub-headline: But what if people give up their sinful ways? https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/07/24/cigarettes-booze-and-petrol-bankroll-europes-welfare-empire Editor: Systembolaget is equal to a state liquor … Continue reading

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On the Political Rehabilitation of Zbigniew Brzezinski, in the Age Of Trump!

Political Reporter. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 29, 2025 Editor: It seems that all the current political chatter about Zbigniew Brzezinski has missed this from 2015, by Charles Gati, ed. ! April 01, 2015: Zbig: The Strategy and Statecraft of Zbigniew Brzezinski: Charles … Continue reading

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On: ‘Stranded in the Present Modern Time and the Melancholy of History’ by Peter Fritzsche

Philosophical Apprentice. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 28, 2025 In this inventive book, Peter Fritzsche explores how Europeans and Americans saw themselves in the drama of history, how they took possession of a past thought to be slipping away, and how they generated … Continue reading

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The Sunday Times deframes Jeremy Corbyn, via Ella Barons’s histerical cartoon!

Political Observer: The Times never surprises! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 27, 2025 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. May 16 2025 Headline: Keir Starmer’s popularity sinks to record low in poll Sub-headline: Drop is most acute among Labour voters in a sign that PM’s attempts to woo … Continue reading

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Ketanji Brown Jackson confronts the scelrotic Supreme Court!

Political Observer offers a small contribution ! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 26, 2025 Editor: The final paragraphs of Ketanji Brown Jackson dissent, offer much more than the political chatter, of the would be Guardians of bourgeois political respectability, in the organs of … Continue reading

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Jeremy Corbyn & Zarah Sultana form a New Political Party

Old Socialist comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 24, 2025 Editor : This is what the Independant offers its readership on the new party of Corbyn & Sultana! Headline: Jeremy Corbyn confirms plan to create new political party with Zarah Sultana Sub-headline: Ex-Labour … Continue reading

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