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Political Observer. stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 23, 2025 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Editor: There can be no doubt that Stephens self-presents as a political moralist via Harold Macmillan, and that the birth of a diatribe has begun. Stephens as a Neo-Con and student of Leo … Continue reading →

Has Political Observer strayed into the most pressing question of the Historical Moment? Also, does Huntington’s ‘Who Are We’ offer an echo of Douthat in another key? stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 20, 2025 Editor: For an exploration of this ‘Catholic Duality’, if that is … Continue reading →

Political Observer on Peter Thiel and the Gordian knot? stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 19, 2025 … 1. The Enlightenment’s mistake. “You can distinguish the intellect and the will. The medievals believed in the weakness of the will but the power of the … Continue reading →

Political Observer comments on his latest Anti-Trump diatribe, as if his own Political Past has been carefully eroded of any stain! stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 18, 2025 Editor: Mr. Brooks’ opening paragraps: In the beginning there was agony. Under the empires of … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 15, 2025 ……………………………………………………… From 2016 Paul Ryan faces Tea Party forces that he helped unleash Jennifer Steinhauer https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2016/09/04/paul-ryan-faces-tea-party-forces-that-he-helped-unleash/10113592007/ Paul D. Ryan and his self-proclaimed “young guns” in the House Republican leadership traversed the country in 2010 … Continue reading →

Old Socialist Shares The Wealth of Neo-Conservative Mendacity… stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 15, 2025 ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. “In Trump’s America, the Guessing Game Never Ends” What is our policy toward Iran? Are the tariffs on or off? If they’re on—what countries are they … Continue reading →

Unrepentant Leftist comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 14, 2025 Headline: Activist judges are getting too big for their wigs Sub-headline: A catalogue of immigration cases has caused outcry — but don’t expect Labour to wade in. https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/activist-judges-are-getting-too-big-for-their-wigs-hf89pshgq Editor : The Reader only … Continue reading →

Political Observer offers a selection from three sourses! The Fourteenth Amendment directly overruled Dred Scott by declaring that all persons born in the US were citizens. John Yoo. https://www.civitasinstitute.org/research/birthright-citizenship-is-american-citizenship. … & Wong Kim Ark is not just an artifact that history has long … Continue reading →

Trumpian chicanery renders any attempt at finding motive and reasons, for self-serving political and economic manipultion, are moot? Exploitable Chaos is The Trumpian métier ! stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 12, 2025 Headline: Global stocks soar as Donald Trump backs down from trade … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 09, 2025 Headline: There’s Nothing Real About Trump’s ‘Real America’ … I’ve been thinking about this case as an emblem of everything that makes Donald Trump’s presidency so vile and destructive, even when I’ve bent over backward to give … Continue reading →