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Rootless cosmopolitan,down at heels intellectual;would be writer. 'Polemic is a discourse of conflict, whose effect depends on a delicate balance between the requirements of truth and the enticements of anger, the duty to argue and the zest to inflame. Its rhetoric allows, even enforces, a certain figurative licence. Like epitaphs in Johnson’s adage, it is not under oath.' https://www.lrb.co.uk/v15/n20/perry-anderson/diary

Is James Kircheck being offered to the New York Times’ readers as the natural sucessor to David Brooks?

Posted on February 20, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 20, 2026 What reader who confronts the almost evolution, to near political respectability of James Kirchick, as a possible New York Times replacement for David Brooks? History may disabuse that reader? James (“Jamie”) Kirchick is a … Continue reading →

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Buenos Aires Herald Friday, February 20, 2026 Politics,Economics,Business,SportsCulture & IdeasOp-ed,Argentina 101What to do in Argentina

Posted on February 20, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

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Reader you need not agree with this essay ! But this is not from North American Corporate Media!

Posted on February 20, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 20, 2026 Venezuelan democracy cannot be defended through military intervention Maduro was committing crimes against humanity — but nothing about the US’s history in Latin America suggests deploying the military there is the right solution. Buenos … Continue reading →

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Zuckerberg Forced to Defend Meta’s Actions Toward Kids in Front of a Jury Meta CEO takes stand in trial to decide social media’s effects on youth

Posted on February 20, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 19, 2026 On the witness stand On Wednesday, I woke up and went through my unofficial routine. Though it’s a habit I don’t like to admit, I started my day by opening Instagram and mindlessly scrolling until I … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 20, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

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Paul A. Myers is a long time commenter at The Financial Times!

Posted on February 20, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

Mr. Myers is always worthy of the readers time and attention, even though that reader might disagree! Best regards: StephenKMackSD! stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 18, 2026 Populist nationalism always lives locally; so it has a situationally specific context. The common factors. The … Continue reading →

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Denelopment Economics44 offers so much food for thought, to just say the very least of his/her interventions: utterly impressive!!!!

Posted on February 20, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

StephenKMackSD. stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 18, 2026 https://www.ft.com/content/0baf4e30-3501-4aec-a189-5c49e40908aa

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Old Socialist confronts Janan Ganesh, in his various iterations over time…

Posted on February 20, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

Newspaper Reader offers ‘A Janan Ganesh Cornucopia’! stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 18, 2026 Headline: Maga will regret embracing Europe’s hard right Sub-headline: Nationalists on the continent have historically opposed America more than anything else https://www.ft.com/content/0baf4e30-3501-4aec-a189-5c49e40908aa Some selective quotation from Ganesh’s essay, for … Continue reading →

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@NYT, Marco Rubio, Bret Stephens and the fate of ‘Western Civilization’ ?

Posted on February 20, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 17, 2026 Editor: Civilization by Roger Osborne A New History of the Western World https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/362231/civilization-by-roger-osborne/9780099526063 Marco Rubio gave a speech Saturday to the Munich Security Conference in which he extolled an ideal that’s supposedly long out of fashion. … Continue reading →

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The Toxic American Zionists cadre: David Brooks, David Frum, Jeffrey Goldberg!

Posted on February 20, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Feb 17, 2026 Newspaper Reader.

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