Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

Philosophical Apprentice comments. It doesn’t quite occur to Mr. Ganesh that his argued commonalities, between European and American ‘Populism’ might be the product of an utterly failed Neo-Liberal Model, that ruled the West from Thatcher/Reagan era, to its tattered remains … Continue reading →

Philosophical Apprentice evaluates a Neo-Conservative’s fictional persona. The Reader confronts Stephen’s History Made to Measure : Do the people chanting “Free Palestine” and “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” have any idea of the irreparable harm … Continue reading →

Philosophical Apprentice comments. Look at what my brief absence from the Political Scene has wrought, to speak in terms that echo’s, in its way, Mr. Ganesh’s self-regard: One victim of the Covid-19 pandemic had died 500 years earlier. Raphael (1483-1520) … Continue reading →

Political Observer loses her patience with 786 words remaining! The Reader need only look at the third paragraph of this, what to name it? On November 4th The Economist was invited by the idf to accompany troops to the front line. Over … Continue reading →

Political Cynic comments. November 13 , 2023 Headline: David Cameron made foreign secretary in Rishi Sunak reshuffle Sub-headline: Former Tory PM back in government in shock move dubbed ‘desperate’ and ‘laughable’ by opposition https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-cameron-foreign-secretary-sunak-reshuffle-b2446285.html?lid=x4fqo785eh7d The Reader needn’t trouble herself with … Continue reading →

Political Observer attempts to ‘read’ Gideon Rachman’s Propaganda? Mr. Rachman begins his ‘essay’ with a Pop Song. Looking at Rachman’s bloated Cast of Characters, is more than a possible explanation, for his attempt to mimic Trollope in miniature ? A quick review … Continue reading →

Philosophical Apprentice offers acts of critical reductionism, as a self-defense. Leaders | The Middle East Why Israel must fight on Israel’s bombardment of Gaza is taking a terrible toll. But unless Hamas’s power is broken, peace will remain out of reach … Continue reading →

Old Socialist contemplates… The New Deal once defined The Democrats, until the political toxin of The Clintons and their epigones: the embrace of the Neo-Liberal Swindle, defined this party’s Neo-Reaganism. Mr. Leonhardt writes for the New York Times, and as … Continue reading →

Philosophical Apprentice comments. Note that Janan Ganesh is part of the Silver Fork Tradition of writers, even though that might seem an odd qualification, for a Financial Times ‘expert/technocrat’ on ‘Geopolitics’ ? Headline: Don’t flatter the west’s enemies as an ‘axis’ Sub-headline: Democracies should tease out … Continue reading →

Queer Atheist confronts the bourgeois political chatter! As a regular watcher of Mr. Mercouris’ commentaries, I was not just disappointed, to hear him quote and extol Simon Schama Financial Times essay. And that for all of his insights of the past, as … Continue reading →