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When the Oxbridgers at The Economist reach a point political desperation, or some other ‘crisis point’ the shade (σκιά) of Bagehot supplies the nesessary balast to its chatter?

Posted on February 15, 2026 by stephenkmacksd Newspaper Reader: stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 07, 2026 Britain | Bagehot Headline: Britain’s worst political scandal of this century Sub-headline: The Mandelson affair threatens Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership https://www.economist.com/britain/2026/02/04/britains-worst-political-scandal-of-this-century Editor: The first two paragraphs of this execise, in a … Continue reading

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Shelby Grad is much to young to be aquainted with the The Chandler Dynasty?

I began to read the Los Angeles Times in the 60’s , because my father took that William Randolph Hearst rag Los Angeles Examiner! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 07, 2026 Reader: With all its faults Los Angeles Times on its editorial pages … Continue reading

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Francis Fukuyama needs a History Lesson !

‘The West’s Greatest Innovation—An Independent Judiciary Trump is returning America to the dark days of personalist rule.’ Fukyama erases Shelby County v. Holder & RBG Telling Dissent? stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 06, 2026 Analysis Chief Justice Roberts’s Vendetta Against the Voting Rights … Continue reading

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On the indispensable Lesley Chamberlain. Posted on June 17, 2023

Posted on June 17, 2023 by stephenkmacksd stephenkmacksd.com/ May 21, 2026 Philosophical Apprentice comments. JUN 15, 2023 What makes Lesley Chamberlain ‘indispensable’? Begin with her June 2, 2023 essay in the TLS: Headline: A perverted age Sub-headline: The downfall of Weimar’s … Continue reading

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Michael Shellenberger & ‘The Coddling of the American Mind’…

Political Observer on the toxic ghost of Allan Bloom, in his many self-serving guies… stephenkmacksd.com/ May 21, 2026 Search Results for: The coddling of the American Mind Andy Divine on ‘The Coddling of the American Mind’. Old Socialist comments Posted on September … Continue reading

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‘Hatred of Israel and the Degradation of the West’ …

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ May 20, 2026 Editor: Can the reader even be surprised by Bret Stephens … what to name it but Zionist Apolgetics, mauled and debased to support a kind of riff on Storm of Steel by Ernst Jünger, in a … Continue reading

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Political Observer: just opened my California Gubernatortial Primary Election Ballot!

stephenkmacksd.com/ May 20, 2026 For Govenor there are 31 Candidates For Lieutenate Governor there are 46 Candidate I have plenty of time to explore the avalance of office seekers, and the many attendent other office seekers. Yet as I ponder … Continue reading

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Puck on Bari’s New Role!

Dylan Byers delivers the bad news! stephenkmacksd.com/ May 19, 2026 … Bari’s New Role As Paramount closes in on its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, I’m told that members of the senior leadership team have had informal discussions about changing … Continue reading

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NYT on ‘Who Should Govern California’?

NYT on ‘Who Should Govern California’? Political Observer on the connection with Newsom: Father and Son and Getty Family Trust! stephenkmacksd.com/ May 19, 2026 Editor: What this panel failes to even touch upon, is the fact that the current Governer … Continue reading

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