Author Archives: stephenkmacksd

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 →

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 →