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Le Monde’s Arnaud Leparmentier on the ‘Wall Street Journal’s’ call for a ‘François Mitterrand Moment’: In what political world does this resonate?

Old Socialist on the utter decline of Western Newspapers! stephenkmacksd.com/ May 06, 2025 Headline: The ‘Wall Street Journal’ calls on Trump to take the path of former French Socialist president François Mitterrand Sub-headline: The financial daily, which closely reflects the … Continue reading →

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Robert Colvile on ‘Reformageddon’?

The Critic, after Sheridan. stephenkmacksd.com/ May 04, 2025 Headline: Reformageddon suggests Tories and Nigel Farage could help each other Sub-headline: Any party that can win both Kent and Durham needs to be taken very seriously indeed. https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/reform-tories-nigel-farage-d396ql080 Mr. Colevile is … Continue reading →

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From June 29, 2024: On Jonathan Freedland as Truth Teller!

Political Observer. stephenkmacksd.com/ May 04, 2025 Jonathan Freedland never disappoints, except in the matter truth, facts or valid argument! It’s his habit of being! Political Observer engages in some Political Archaeology. Headline: It’s risky, but Joe Biden needs to give … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Freedland on Trump : ‘One hundred days in, Donald Trump faces a problem: he can rage, but he can’t govern’

Political Observer traces the poitical evolution of Freedland from Corbyn defamer, to Trump would be diagnostician ! stephenkmacksd.com/ May 02, 2025 One of Mr. Freedland’s talents is to self-present as a political chameleon, who changes political hues at conveient political … Continue reading →

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David Brook’s ‘The Collapse of the Dream Palaces’ sets the tone, when he attempts to locate ‘paganism’ as the root of Trumpism!

Political Observer on the bumptious Mr. Brooks! stephenkmacksd.com/ May 01, 2025 Reader here is a link to my commentary on Brooks’ notorious defence of the War On Terror. Editor : Mr. Brooks has become a more adroit propagandist since the … Continue reading →

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The Rule is anything written by @rcolvile: Approach With Caution !

Political Observer, with the help of Jean-Louis Missika & Dominique Wolton and James and Marie McIntosh. stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 27, 2025 Editor: Mr. Colevile’s voice is very distinctive: The Reader cannot compare him in any way to @JohnJCrace of The Guardian, … Continue reading →

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@FT & miranda.green@ft.com ask the probing ? : ‘What makes ‘Reform-curious’ Labour voters so hard to woo back’

Political Cynic comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 27, 2025 Editor: The headline of Miranda Green’s would-be commentary is exhausted in a marriage of the headline & sub-headline, that trades on the well worn political place holders , wedded to current jargon. Opinion … Continue reading →

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In attempting to read ‘Ross Douthat’ ‘Condition of America’ Interviewed by Nick Burns, in New Left Review …..

In the guise of Political Observer, my attempt to satirized Mr. Douthat: I missed the actual thinker/writer of his books, rather that his opinion columns in The New York Times? stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 26, 2025 Editor: For the occasional reader of … Continue reading →

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The last paragraphs of Bret Stephens April 22, 2025 diatribe promps Political Observer to wonder: At what point will or can Stephens confront the Genocidal Netanyahu?

Political Observer. stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 23, 2025 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Editor: There can be no doubt that Stephens self-presents as a political moralist via Harold Macmillan, and that the birth of a diatribe has begun. Stephens as a Neo-Con and student of Leo … Continue reading →

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Is there nothing more tedious than @DouthatNYT examinations of the pressing question of ‘Ultramontanism’ vs. ‘Gallicanism’?

Has Political Observer strayed into the most pressing question of the Historical Moment? Also, does Huntington’s ‘Who Are We’ offer an echo of Douthat in another key? stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 20, 2025 Editor: For an exploration of this ‘Catholic Duality’, if that is … Continue reading →

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