Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

Political Observer opens a door? Mr. Ganesh’s ‘politicking’ reaches into the the most unlikely places, and chooses unlikely persons to make his arguments! Wedded to self-congratulation about his imagined victory about ‘low birth rates’ and the underserving retirees: ‘old people will have to remain productive … Continue reading →

Political Observer comments. I was not familiar with the Pamela Paul, here is how the New Yorker’s Molly Fischer titles her essay on Paul: The Rules According to Pamela Paul At the Times, Paul often writes on the hazards of shifting … Continue reading →

Political Observer comments. The Reader confronts the latest of Mr. Ganesh’s essays, with his ability to view the 14 years of Tory rule, that has been shortsighted, across a range of issues. To express it in the blandest terms: which … Continue reading →

Old Socialist comments It’s quite surprising that the Newspapers like The Financial Time and The New Statesman sends me daily updates of their latest commentaries on politics. The Financial Times accepts my money, but blocks me from commenting on any … Continue reading →

Political Observer comments. The Readers must love Freddie’s Political Chatter? Though this ‘revolt’ by Corbyn shouldn’t surprise an experienced political commentator. The victory of George Galloway might be another missed clue, that escaped Freddie ? Or the fact of Dianne Abbott’s purge. … Continue reading →

Political Cynic’s attempt at ‘Rhetorical Mapping’. Headline: Historians will look back on 14 years of lost opportunities. Since 2010, five Conservative prime ministers have notched up some modest successes. But measured against four other periods of one-party dominance, the record … Continue reading →

Political Observer comments/reports on Brook’s propaganda essentials. Mr Brooks cultivates the political fiction that he is a ‘Centrist’ in a Political World populated by the dread Populists, in sum Trump! The last paragraphs of his presented political rationalism, is provided by the Hoover … Continue reading →

Political Observer comments. After this May 17, 2024 opening paragraph: When I was two or three, I went walkabout and wasn’t found until some time later at a local mall. What a close brush with disaster, readers will think. What … Continue reading →

Political Observer comments. The regular reader of Mr. Niall Ferguson’s cumbersome , bloated historical panoramas, the word count in this instance is 2596 -The Straussian method is to drown the reader in verbiage, ideas, actors, as a strategy to make … Continue reading →

Political Cynic takes the measure of Mises/Hayek/Friedman’s successor? I’ve been a reader of The Economist from the early 1990’s and on and off since then. The stogey old white men, represented by those once stalwarts Adrian Wooldridge and John Micklethwait, … Continue reading →