Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

Former Analysand offers a selective commentary! What is the Magic of Freud that sends his apologists, explicators, defenders and even his cadre of worshipers, to such dross? Here is George Prochnik in the TLS: The Reader is put directly within the early … Continue reading →

Political Observer offer a selection of quotations. There can be no doubt that Perry Anderson is the formidable Public Intellectual writing today! No one can match his body of work, he has no equal! Forget cadre of political sycophants, who … Continue reading →

Political Observer: its ‘as if’ the politically impotent Macron hadn’t called the snap election? JUN 18, 2024 @FT never surprises it’s readership Editor: a selection of words, phrases, sentences & possibly paragraphs in this diatribe. Note that it takes ‘three reporters’ … Continue reading →

Political Reporter surveys the political territory. Headline: Will a Labour victory solve the UK’s growth crisis?   Sub-headline; Replacing chaos with ‘dullness’ is intended to boost an economy growing at just 1.1% a year. But Keir Starmer might not be … Continue reading →

Political Observer reads and comments. Edward Fawcett was ‘formerly chief correspondent of The Economist’ that might lead The Reader to doubt his ability, to be an objective observer of the political scene, in both Britain and America? Because this is The Financial … Continue reading →

Political Observer wonders where that ‘left wing’ might be? Not at The Economist, The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Spectator, The New Statesman.* The regular reader has to wince at Janan Ganesh’s latest political commentary, that now places him … Continue reading →

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 →