Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

Political Reporter… Kyrsten Sinema is recycling Madonna’s old wardrobe, on a the body of a dumpy middle aged women!  Sounds like misogyny, or just  an attempt an candor?  How many male or female Senators appear riffing on the stylistic themes … Continue reading →

Political Reporter comments. What regular readers of Mr. Luce can forget his interview with ‘The Great Man’? Headline: Henry Kissinger: ‘We are in a very, very grave period’ Sub-headline: The grand consigliere of American diplomacy talks about Putin, the new world … Continue reading →

Political Cynic … Its not ‘The West’ that is under threat! It is the American Empire and its murderous incompetence, which is not collapsing, but is crumbling from the inside: Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema hold the fate of The … Continue reading →

Political Radical explores the political fixation. Who can forget this ‘review’ published Sunday February 24 2019 in the venerable Times? Headline: Review: Dangerous Hero: Corbyn’s Ruthless Plot for Power by Tom Bower — portrait of a monomaniac Sub-headline: If Jeremy Corbyn became … Continue reading →

American Writer comments. Mr. Ganesh basking in all that relished L.A. sunshine– has he missed Andre Bazin’s ‘What Is Cinema’ volumes I and II, or the ‘Cahiers du Cinéma, The 1950sNeo-Realism, Hollywood, New Wave Cahiers du Cinéma, The 1950s’ or the more assessableand readable Films … Continue reading →

Unrepentant Political Radical comments. An ugly duckling looking for dates, framed by an American Male’s causal misogyny of ‘rating women’ via a one to ten numbers system. With the help of the Winklevoss Twins. Epic! The Aaron Spelling, for the teetering Neo-Liberal Age, Aaron … Continue reading →

Political Cynic comments. The mendacity of The Times is always dependable: a review of ‘Red Knight, The unauthorized biography of Sir Keir Starmer’ by Michael Ashcroft titled ‘The mendacity of hope’ :Labour on the road back to electability’ by Donald Macintyre, his political credentials: … Continue reading →

Political Cynic comments. Mr. Luce acting as ‘Friend of Joe’ was almost exhilarating. Or was it just his exposition of the politics of D.C., that acted as its simulacrum? That lobbyists are/were acting like the hyenas they are, hardly constitutes political revelation! … Continue reading →

Political Observer asks a question. The opening paragraphs of this news report demonstrates the resolve of the E.U. and its commission president Ursula von der Leyen: The European Commission will take steps to punish Poland for challenging the supremacy of … Continue reading →

Political Reporter & Almost Marx comment. Headline: Joe Biden’s two-front war for democracy Sub-headline: The US president’s domestic problems are hobbling his efforts to defend freedom overseas Gideon Rachman begins his latest essay with this sentence: ‘“Are We Rome?” Cullen … Continue reading →