Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

Old Socialist comments. The New York Times : @NYT publishes Roger Cohen’s apologetic for the Neo-Liberal Macron’s attempt to rob French Workers of retirement at 62, surely not a surprise? A sample of Mr. Cohen’s ‘reportage’: A favorite phrase of Emmanuel … Continue reading →

Old Socialists reminisces… If I recall correctly I first heard Bob Dylan’s ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’ on Lloyd Thaxton Popular Music/Dance Party on KCOP channel 13 , 1965, that its was a revelation, of a kind, is to understate. I walked to Sears Compton and … Continue reading →

Former Analysand comments. The first paragraphs of Mr. Brooks’ essay are attempt to establish his premises, via a potted social history, what else to name this meander? Some quick notes on the establishing of his ‘argument’. … One well-established finding of … Continue reading →

Political Observer comments. @NYT is getting nervous about: Isn’t the right to resist the occupier codified? Headline: Palestinians have a legal right to armed struggle Sub-headline; It’s time for Israel to accept that as an occupied people, Palestinians have a … Continue reading →

Political Observer comments. The doubtful Reader should consult The Economist, here: Headline: Three stories of collusion during the second world war Sub-headline: Ian Buruma examines the motive s and results of betrayal in “The Collaborators” https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/03/02/three-stories-of-collusion-during-the-second-world-war The Reader confronts this … Continue reading →

Old Socialist attempts a reading of the 4,401 word polemic … Here is the introduction, by Martin Ivens , to this January 20, 2023 edition of the TLS -the opening sentences tells The Reader that ’Anti­semitism is still virulent in … Continue reading →

Queer Atheist comments. The very thought of reading one more of Ross Douthat’s meditations, conjured in a mind packed with exhausted Aquinian Theology, tinctured in AI, unidentified flying objects, hallucinogens … The first paragraphs of his latest essay: Mr. Douthat … Continue reading →

Political Observer on two possible strategies of analysis. There are two possible approaces to Mr. Stephens’ propaganda: one is to engage in a reductivism, that uses the Topic Sentences as the beginning of a critique: Stephens is enamored short sentences, that frame … Continue reading →

Almost Marx offers a reductive selection, of a kind… Israel today is a boiler with way, way too much steam building up inside, and the bolts are about to fly off in all directions.  Israel has never experienced a Palestinian … Continue reading →

Political Observer notes that the scolding of Olaf Schultz, is about his failure to genuflect to the American National Securest State’s imperatives. Editor @zannymb agrees. ‘In the quick forge and working-house of thought’ Kudos h.hackett@ucl.ac.uk Let me begin with the … Continue reading →