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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

Tehran Rose: Will Far-Left Influencers Face Charges in Rallying America’s Enemies!

Perpetual Political Hysteric Jonathan Turley, conflates of the ghost of ‘Iva Ikuko Toguri’ ( Tokyo Rose) with political dissident Calla Walsh. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 13, 2026 Editor: Jonathan Turley collides with the Amendment I and Robert Jackson! The problem here is … Continue reading

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Reader from December 4, 2024: Bret Stephens on: ‘Can Rahm Emanuel Flip the Script Again?’

Political Observer shares his commetary from December 4, 2024! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 12, 2026 Bret Stephens on: ‘Can Rahm Emanuel Flip the Script Again?’ Posted on December 4, 2024 by stephenkmacksd Political Observer comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Dec 04, 2024 Editor: This from Chicago Magazine of … Continue reading

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‘Putin The Terrible’ in the NYT: Sunday, July 12, 2026!

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 12, 2026

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Newspaper Reader: The Economist diagnoses ‘Russians are growing anxious and angry’

Newspaper Reader offers a selection from this ‘political psychoanalysis’? stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 11, 2026 Europe | Darkening mood Russians are growing anxious and angry The war has come home and is everyone’s problem https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/07/08/russians-are-growing-anxious-and-angry?itm_source=parsely-api … In the Rostov region, in southern Russia, … Continue reading

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The Economist on : ‘The man who would change Russia’

https://www.economist.com/insider/the-insider/the-man-who-would-change-russia stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 11, 2026 Editor: True to form Zanny Minton Beddoes does not provide a transcript! Hardley a surprise! This is Propganda! Episode summary Russia is under pressure. More than four years have passed since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and … Continue reading

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The Economist on : ‘The man who would change Russia’

https://www.economist.com/insider/the-insider/the-man-who-would-change-russia stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 11, 2026 Editor: True to form Zanny Minton Beddoes does not provide a transcript! Hardley a surprise! This is Propganda! Episode summary Russia is under pressure. More than four years have passed since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and … Continue reading

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The NYT is about an utterly toxic & self-congratulatory ‘Bourgeois Liberalism’!

Newspaper Reader provides samples of NYT unrelenting chatter. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 11, 2026 Opinion The Opinions ‘Platner Is Vile.’ McConnell Is Missing. Welcome to American Politics. What America’s embarrassments have in common. July 11, 2026 By Michelle CottleDavid French and David Wallace-Wells Produced by Derek … Continue reading

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Reader don’t you recall that George McGovern selected Thomas Eagleton as his running mate, who had suffered from depression? And replaced him in that1972 presidential race?

Newspaper Reader on Political Memorey stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 09, 2026 Jul 8, 2026 Breaking Points Ryan and Saagar discuss top allies turning on Platner as Maine Dems push to replace him with an establishment candidate. https://breakingpoints.supercast.com/ Frank Bruni & Bret Stephens ‘Kick … Continue reading

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Bret Stephens celebrates: ‘the Bushes or John McCain or Mitt Romney, pragmatic men’

Newspaper Reader . stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 08, 2026 Editor: The first paragraphs of Stephens commetary are just the very beginning of this exploration, that gathers momentem as his historical mentions of toxic political actors on the Left, in service to his … Continue reading

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On the marriage of convience of ‘Geopolitical Futures’ and ‘The Financial Times’? Or is George Friedman moored in Reaganite Nostalgia?

Newspaper Reader: An alternatine thought: Is George Friedman a Neo-Consevative, or just a Financial Times Fellow Traveler? stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 07, 2026 The Financial Times on : ‘Putin is running out of options’ Yet reader look to this use the of … Continue reading

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