Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

Almost Marx … After last weeks column: Headline: At the Tory conference Boris Johnson bemoaned the lack of heckling. Well, it may come soon enough At my first Tory conference, in 2006, I was given a very simple instruction by … Continue reading →

Political Realist comments. That the Anti-Imperialism, in the Islamic World, should embrace leaders like Moqtada al-Sadr, should come as no surprise. That the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, have ended in ignominious defeat, for an America, now utterly disenchanted, with the … Continue reading →

Political Skeptic comments. Who better to proclaim the viability of ‘Supply Chains’ than the redoubtable Jamie Diamon? The Economic Utopianism of the twins of Globalism/Neo-Liberalism have experienced collapse, that date from 2008, with catastrophic consequences for ‘we’ lesser beings of the … Continue reading →

Political Cynic comments on this unfolding Political Melodrama! ‘The Show Trial’ of Georgieva continues in this newspaper. Yet even Luce’s Bill of Attainder lost what political force, it might have had, in its last two paragraphs. But what The Hegemon, America, wants … Continue reading →

Radical Socialist comments… Read just the first two paragraphs of Luce’s essay, or should it be referred to as his wan Bill of Attainder, against Kristalina Georgieva? Kristalina Georgieva’s alleged sins may look trifling to some. The IMF’s managing director … Continue reading →

Almost Marx scoffs! Headline: Nato expels 8 Russians for spying Sub-headline: Maximum size of Moscow delegation to Brussels headquarters halved as east-west relations deteriorate https://www.ft.com/content/a3c24aea-8db8-44ad-bbc4-6acbb77a93da The New Cold War reaches one of its many denouements! NATO had once outlived its … Continue reading →

Political Cynic’s thought experiment. If Bret Stephens had appeared in ‘Gentleman’s Agreement’, book by Laura Z. Hobson, screen play by Moss Heart, and an uncredited revision by Elia Kazan, he would have appeared as one of a collection of bigots , both … Continue reading →

Political Observer scoffs! Here are the opening paragraphs of Mr. Caldwell’s funeral oration for the Enlightened Merkel Rule: The drubbing inflicted on Germany’s Christian Democratic Union in the country’s recent elections is a sign that, alongside Chancellor Angela Merkel’s 16-year … Continue reading →

Old Socialist offers some selected paragraphs. Note the collection of Topic Sentences, carefully brought to vivid life by our Adrift Thatcherite … On Inter-connectedness : The past two years have taught us a brutal lesson in how interconnected the modern … Continue reading →

Political Observer comments on the ‘political transcendentalist’. This newspaper employs one of the most interesting writers and political commentators, of the political present, in Janan Ganesh! I read many different publications on the internet, I spend my days reading! Conduct … Continue reading →