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Old Socialist comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 11, 2024 Headline: Michael Shellenberger: Californians Finally Get Serious on Crime Sub-headline: On Tuesday, voters decided to trust their own eyes. What took so long? By Michael Shellenberger November 8, 2024 Mr. Shellenberger rabble rousing attack on ‘progressives’ is … Continue reading →

In my email this morning, November 10, 2024: Newspaper Reader stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 10, 2024 The Economist today A Sunday edition of our daily newsletter ( November 10, 2024) Adam RobertsDigital editor Hello from London, I’ve just returned from watching a momentous … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader: French Political Centrism meets a collapsed American Neo-Liberalism? stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 10, 2024 Headline: In Harris’s defeat, French radical left sees proof supporting its strategy Sub-headline: Members of France’s radical left see Donald Trump’s victory as a failure due … Continue reading →

Political Observer received an email from ‘MI Weekly’. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 10, 2024 It takes some brass for Rafael A. Mangual to opine about ‘The decaying state of public safety’ here is its final paragraphs: … The decaying state of public safety didn’t … Continue reading →

Political Observer. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 09, 2024 Peggy Noonan’s war against ‘American Jacobins’! Political Observer comments Posted on July 27, 2019 by stephenkmacksd Ms. Noonan begins her essay by describing the French Revolution, based not in history, political history or its various expressions, but as … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader wades through the Neo-Conservative muck! stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 09, 2024 Headline: Peggy Noonan: On Loving America Sun-headline: ‘We are a people that has experienced something epic together. We were given this brilliant, beautiful thing, this new arrangement,’ says the … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 08, 2024 Even the most the most incurious reader might wonder at the unintended consequences of the Zionist Porgram, against the Palestinians, that has metastasized into Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Yemen? Bret Stephens Opinion Columnist The Age … Continue reading →

Political Cynic offers a mere montage! stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 07, 2024 Financial Times of November 7, 2024 Political Cynic

Newspaper Reader recalls the election of Richard Nixon in 1968 & … stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 07, 2024 Reader braces yourself ! Headline: The end of an American world Sub-headline: Donald Trump’s re-election to a second term on Wednesday, November 6, and … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 06, 2024 Of the post-mortem commentaries on the Trump Election, nothing quite compares to Bret Stephens ‘pre-mortem’ on the election, before the results were known: Dear President-elect, ­­­­­__________, This column must publish before Tuesday’s results … Continue reading →