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About stephenkmacksd

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

The Reader just has to wonder, blanch, almost regurgitate at this respectable Le Monde political chatter?

Newspaper Reader comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 23, 2026 Headline: An era of distrust emerges between the US and its Western allies Sub-headline: Donald Trump’s suggestion that the US could seize Greenland by force has exposed the strategic isolation his administration has … Continue reading

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Bret Stephens vs Thomas Mann, in The New York Times!

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 22, 2026 Editor: Here are the opening paragraphs of the perpetual, self congratulatory chatter of Bret Stephens, garnished via Thomas Mann. But carefully elided from the vision, the amerness of NYT reader, Mann’s sexual longing for … Continue reading

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My Crimes against X!

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George Eaton through ‘The Looking Glass’! (Revised)

Newspaper Reader offers: stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 20, 2026 Editor: The the whole of Europe fears ‘The Trump Monster’! But Eaton spies ‘opportinity’ for Tony Blaire’s feckless political catmite Starmer? Morning Call: The Greenland crisis is an opportunity for Starmer Donald Trump’s threats have given … Continue reading

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On the Perpetual Political Discontent of Elon Musk!

Editor: Reader recall that the Zionist Cadre of the Ellisons, Bari Weiss, Safra Catz, Bill Ackman, Jan Koum and Shari Redstone ? Musk is just another aspirant i.e. ‘Member of this Toxic Cadre’? stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 20, 2026 Headline: Musk, With … Continue reading

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On reading Colin Burrow on William Empson. Philosophical Apprentice presents some thoughts.

stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 18, 2026 ( Re-Posted from July 31, 2021 by stephenkmacksd) Colin Burrow’s essay on Empson’s ‘Some Versions of the Pastoral’ and ‘The Structures of Complex Words’ was unexpected in its lack of reverence for Empson. Having read Michael Wood’s ‘On Empson’ as my introduction to this writer: … Continue reading

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Ross Douthat featuring ‘Decadence’ as the primary cause of our problems circa 2012?

Queer Atheist offers Karl Barth and Hans Kung to the reader as revelatory of what possbility might be? stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 18, 2026 Opinion The ‘Safe, Legal, Rare’ Illusion By Ross Douthat Feb. 18, 2012 And both Democrats and Republicans generally agree … Continue reading

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Paul Singer’s Lament: the Bond Market is broken, 2 replies. Posted on August 20, 2016 by stephenkmacksd

Newspaper Reader shares with The Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 17, 2026 Paul Singer’s Lament: the Bond Market is broken, 2 replies Posted on August 20, 2016 by stephenkmacksd 1) I have yet to read Robin Wigglesworth’s essay/news report, but I have read Mr. Edward. … Continue reading

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The ghoulish Z.M. Beddoes resurrectes Reza Pahlavi in the hope that …..

Newspaper Reader on the Coup That Failed ? stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 17, 2026 Horror in Iran Editor: Never fear that The Economist under Beddoes has even surpassed that team of War Mongers Adrian Wooldridge and John Micklethwait of ‘The Right Nation: … Continue reading

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The New American Civil War as reported @NYT!

Newspaper Reader urges the reader to further her expoloration of this newpapers attachments: to Pax Americana & fear and loating of Trump/Trumpism: while employing Zionist War Mongers/Fellow travlers stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 16, 2026 Newspaper Reader. Editor: Note the presence of Zionist … Continue reading

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