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Newspaper Reader comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 16, 2024 What has happened to the once ascendent Oxbridgers at The Economist? The first paragraph of these book recomendations/reviews read as if it were in The Telegraph! Editor: The opening parqagraphs of this essay: … Continue reading →

Political Observer posts the latest NYT Zionist Propaganda! stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 14, 2024 NYT latest Zionist Propganda, with a cameo by Thomas Friedman & Russia expert Leon Aron, from the American Enterprise Institute: The Marriage of Zionist Propaganda & perennial Neo-Conservartive … Continue reading →

Political Cynic. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 13, 2024 Legal Jury awards Abu Ghraib detainees $42M, holds contractor responsible The three plaintiffs testified that they were subjected to beatings, sexual abuse, forced nudity and other cruel treatment at the prison. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/12/abu-ghraib-detainees-awarded-00189058 By Associated … Continue reading →

Political Observer comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 12, 2024 Editor : The Reader must recall the auspicios debut of Francis Fukuyama? What Is Fukuyama Saying? And to Whom Is He Saying It? By James Atlas Oct. 22, 1989 … In Fukuyama’s interpretation, … Continue reading →

StephenKMackSD stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 11, 2024 Here are Alex Pleshkov and Jan Surma interviewing Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison on ‘Objectivety’ : Objectivity https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9781890951795/objectivity?srsltid=AfmBOopZZd8highLnjuQiW_nbaUCDTFqe5CPz9e-KFAiZA-poYDtJXZU StephenKMackSD

Old Socialist comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 11, 2024 Headline: Michael Shellenberger: Californians Finally Get Serious on Crime Sub-headline: On Tuesday, voters decided to trust their own eyes. What took so long? By Michael Shellenberger November 8, 2024 Mr. Shellenberger rabble rousing attack on ‘progressives’ is … Continue reading →

In my email this morning, November 10, 2024: Newspaper Reader stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 10, 2024 The Economist today A Sunday edition of our daily newsletter ( November 10, 2024) Adam RobertsDigital editor Hello from London, I’ve just returned from watching a momentous … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader: French Political Centrism meets a collapsed American Neo-Liberalism? stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 10, 2024 Headline: In Harris’s defeat, French radical left sees proof supporting its strategy Sub-headline: Members of France’s radical left see Donald Trump’s victory as a failure due … Continue reading →

Political Observer received an email from ‘MI Weekly’. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 10, 2024 It takes some brass for Rafael A. Mangual to opine about ‘The decaying state of public safety’ here is its final paragraphs: … The decaying state of public safety didn’t … Continue reading →

Political Observer. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 09, 2024 Peggy Noonan’s war against ‘American Jacobins’! Political Observer comments Posted on July 27, 2019 by stephenkmacksd Ms. Noonan begins her essay by describing the French Revolution, based not in history, political history or its various expressions, but as … Continue reading →