Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

Political Cynics’ selective reading. MAY 10, 2023 The opening paragraph: I have not written much about the war in Ukraine lately because so little has changed strategically since the first few months of this conflict, when three overarching facts pretty … Continue reading →

Philosophical Apprentice considers two cases. MAY 7, 2023 Mr. Colvile’s April 29, 2023 essay ‘Britain’s legal migration numbers matter more than small boats’ ignores the the fact that the ‘Refugee Problem’ that he attempts to ‘diagnose’, might find its actual beginning point, with the … Continue reading →

Old Socialist wades into the shit ! May 5, 2023 How quickly the ‘Jupertarian Politics’ of Macron was discarded by Macron, and by The Economist. Now rendered as: Headline: Emmanuel Macron hopes to reinvent himself in 100 days Sub-headline: France’s president would … Continue reading →

Political Observer grows impatient. MAY 3, 2023 The last few Politico commentaries on Trump, by Lowry, read as if it were written by a Trump advocate/apologist/tactician. The latest is no exception: Headline: Opinion | Trump’s Election Denialism Is Already Winning … Continue reading →

Political Observer examines the comic moments… MAY 3, 2023 Let me offers a selection of some of the comic moments from Mr. Ferguson’s 3, 893 word Encyclical – like all Neo-Cons he attempts to drown The Reader in his self-congratulatory … Continue reading →

Old Socialist comments. The window dressing of this essay/propaganda is of interest Pay attention to the Framing. Mr. Brooks shamelessly appropriates Mark Twain. The mighty Mississippi rolls on. The mighty rolling river sweeps up new generations.The mighty rolling river sweeps … Continue reading →

Philosophical Apprentice comments. I will begin with a link to my January 4, 2019 essay: Phillips ‘biography’ is not just flawed, but is an incompetent apologetic for Freud: Phillips is not just inconsistent, but just sloppy from chapter to chapter … Continue reading →

Political Cynic wonders why and how this was published by The Paper of Record! Note how Stephens opens his essay: In the summer of 2011, Rupert Murdoch stopped by my small office at The Wall Street Journal, where I was … Continue reading →

American Writer comments. Being an American Hick, I can only think that Robert Colvile’s essays on British Politics, reminds me of those BBC adaptations of Anthony Trollope’s Pallisers Novels. Though I read a part of ‘Vivian Grey’, until he left England … Continue reading →

Old Socialist comments. Neo-Con Bret Stephens attacks ‘the progressive left’ that all purpose epithet, as a place holder for actual thought. The use of the ‘lower case’ is an act of political diminution, in sum shaming! Mr. Stephens provides two narratives of the Adam … Continue reading →