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Political Observer on political chatter as ‘Show Business’! stephenkmacksd.com/

Political Cynic on the redoutable Robby Soave ,who opines to those viewers ‘as if’ he were a latter day Walter Lippmann or George F. Will ? stephenkmacksd.com/ Dec 18, 2024 Robby Soave is just another self-promoter who renders opinions -this … Continue reading →

Political Reporter confronts this inept attempt at ‘Journalism’ ! stephenkmacksd.com/ Dec 17, 2024 Editor: With no Reporters based in Moscow these two ‘reporters’ rely on reports by ‘Russia’s Investigative Committee’ . Russia’s Investigative Committee, a major crimes unit, said Lieutenant … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader on reductivist Political Kitsch as ‘News’ ! stephenkmacksd.com/ Dec 17, 2024

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Dec 16, 2024 The Financial Times’s political romance with Neo-Liberalism in its various hues and iterations, recall this from December 26, 2016 in The Financial Times! Mauricio Macri Neo-Liberalism Lite was not quite enough! Milei is the … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Dec 16, 2024 Anna Nicolaou in New York, Christopher Grimes in Los Angeles and James Politi in Washington: 41 minutes ago Disney’s $15mn defamation payout to Donald Trump has set a dangerous precedent for media freedom, said legal experts and news executives, … Continue reading →

Pollitical Observer. . stephenkmacksd.com/ Dec 15, 2024 Editor: Anne Applebaum/Sikorski on Europe’s True Divide: a comment by Political Observer Posted on February 7, 2015 by stephenkmacksd Is the fact that Ms. Applebaum/Mrs. Sikorsky should issue such a ringing endorsement of the demonstrably failed successor to … Continue reading →

Political Observer on Jessica Winter Professional Political Moralist/Scold! stephenkmacksd.com/ Dec 13, 2024 … More than forty years ago, Richard E. Meyer, a scholar of American folklore, noted the essential difference between the outlaw—which Meyer defined as “a distinctively, though not … Continue reading →

Political Observer. stephenkmacksd.com/ Dec 13, 2024 Editor: Can The Economist headline and sub-headline even surprise? United States | Headline: Message in a bullet Luigi Mangione’s manifesto reveals his hatred of insurance companies Sub-headline: The man accused of killing Brian Thompson gets … Continue reading →

Anti-Capitalist on The Rebellion Against The Elites: where can the reader place Luigi Mangione? stephenkmacksd.com/ Dec 12, 2024 Editor: Can The Economist headline and sub-headline even surprise? United States | Headline: Message in a bullet Luigi Mangione’s manifesto reveals his hatred … Continue reading →