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Myra Breckenridge Reports! stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 03, 2024 Can Joanna Coles and Ben Sherwood revive the once-buzzy news site and reclaim their perches atop the New York media world? Their own staff isn’t sure. Ben Sherwood and Joanna Coles took over … Continue reading →

Ganesh proclaims: ‘We will be living in Trumpland for decades’ stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 03, 2024 Editor: Mr. Ganesh begins his essay with this ‘The paragraph that follows is the most reluctantly written of my career.’: what might The Reader make of … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader: + Jonathan Rutherford’s book review of ‘The Five Rebels’! & Kate Andrews of The Spectator. (Be patient with me Reader) stephenkmacksd.com/ Editor: Reader recall Mr. Eaton’s essay from October 30, 2024: Headline: Morning Call: The Macbeth Budget Sub-headline :Why … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 27, 2024 Mr. Urbans essay begins here, as if it were an actual ‘news story’ rather than just propaganda! Editor: Mr. Urban ads a new descriptor to the vocabulary of reporters : securocrats. It will … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader follows the Brooks’ Historical pastiche! stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 26, 2024 Editor: The first paragraphs of David Brooks’ lamentations about the approaching America Elections: I had hoped this election would be a moment of national renewal. I had hoped that … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 26, 2024 Plus my favorite Janan Ganesh’s personal melodrama: ‘Why it is lonely in the political center’! Newspaper Reader.

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Old Socialist comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 25, 2024 King Charles has acknowledged the “pains of the past” in an attempt to smooth over the ongoing row about reparations for Britain’s role in the slave trade. Speaking on the first full day of the Commonwealth … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 24, 2024 Headline: Macron and the dangers of ‘bluster’ diplomacy Sub-headline: Despite the many setbacks he has encountered, the French president claims to still play a key role in what he considers to be his … Continue reading →

Old Socialist speculates. stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 24, 2024 The Reader has to wonder at the headline of this Bret Stephens political commentary, that seems to miss the very reason, the whole point of the Stephens essay: ‘There’s One Main Culprit if Donald … Continue reading →