Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

This jejune observation by Mr. Ganesh: opens his latest essay: Nowhere in Europe are universities as central to national life as in the US. Time-hogging is part of it: four rather than largely three year degrees, two as opposed to … Continue reading →

Here is the concluding paragraph of The Editorial Board of The Financial Times comparing Eric Adams to ‘Mike’ Bloomberg: Adams appealed less to progressives, but strong execution and effective administration can help sway voters. That is what made Michael Bloomberg … Continue reading →

Here is Andy’s opening salvo: “What happened to you?” It’s a question I get a lot on Twitter. “When did you become so far right?” “Why have you become a white supremacist, transphobic, misogynistic eugenicist?” Or, of course: “See! I … Continue reading →

Headline: Afghanistan: the war that film forgot Sub-headline: The screen’s neglect of the conflict illustrates the modern incapacity for despair François Truffaut denied the very possibility of an antiwar film. Put telegenic actors in uniform and you are halfway to … Continue reading →

Note that the first paragraph of Mr. Ferguson’s essay, is the standard ‘History Made To Measure’ of the Technocrat, when writing propaganda: It is usually clear when a war breaks out. Even if there is no formal declaration, the work … Continue reading →

It used to be at least interesting to read Mr. Ganesh! His latest essay posits the ‘as if’ the Pandemic, and its effects on working people, at all levels of employment is a mystery, that Mr. Ganesh ‘solves’ with a sentence that … Continue reading →

Headline: What Joe Biden can learn from Richard Nixon’s playbook Sub-headline: As it did 50 years ago, the US economy finds itself at a turning point https://www.ft.com/content/ca4a8ae1-7e0b-4abf-9b0b-78154b7e3391 While the ‘spell of Nixon Nostalgia’ lasts, the reader should consider this: Headline:  Edward … Continue reading →

It used to be at least interesting to read Mr. Ganesh! His latest essay posits the ‘as if’ the Pandemic, and its effects on working people, at all levels of employment is a mystery, that Mr. Ganesh ‘solves’ with a … Continue reading →

The ‘Conservative Hysteria’ about CRT has reached such a pitch Ross Douthat has, for the moment, stopped pitching his ‘The Decadent Society’ & minding the sexual/reproductive business of Women, to sounding the alarm about this ‘crisis’. The headline writers @NYT have titled his essay ‘The Excesses … Continue reading →

When will the political romance with Joe Biden come to an end? The alliance between the Neo-Liberals, masquerading as New Democrats, and The Neo-Cons, is sure to suffer unbridgeable policy disputes. The Neo-Cons are by nature – their Founder Leo … Continue reading →