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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

Abigail Green on ‘The longest hatred? The changing meaning of antisemitism’

Newspaper Reader stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 27, 2025 In Abigail Green’s review of Mark Mazower’s ‘On Antisemitism A word in history’ of November 28, 2025 not one mention of The Gaza Genocide, should not surprise the reagular reader of the ‘Times Newspaper’ in its various … Continue reading

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On the many questions about Jeffrey Epstein, that just won’t go away!

Ricky Hale of Council Estate Media, answers your many pressing questions! stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 27, 2025 Israel seems strangely reluctant for the truth about Jeffrey Epstein to come out… Ricky Hale and Council Estate Media Nov 27 Council Estate Media Obviously, we all … Continue reading

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On Bret Stephens act of Self-redemption?

Political Cynic on the final paragraphs of Stephens self-serving Thanksgiving Meditation. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 26, 2025 Editor: Mr. Stephens is given to playing many roles, and all of them not just self-serving, but execises in a reliable moral/political mendacity, and in … Continue reading

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What Newspaper can compete with ‘The Financial Times’ cachet?

Newspaper Reader almost wonders! stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 26, 2025

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Is Jonathan Haidt the toxic reincarnation of Philip Wylie’s “Generation of Vipers” ?

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 25, 2025 Editor: Do not miss Peter L. Winkler essay on Philip Wylie’s ‘Generation of Vipers’ it is truly worth your time and attention! The Man Who Hated Moms: Looking Back on Philip Wylie’s “Generation of … Continue reading

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Zanny Menton Beddoes and her “familiars” embrace John Bolton!

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 25, 2025 Is the world at “peak Trump”? John Bolton on American foreign policy Tuesday Nov 25th, 10am PST · 45 min Newspaper Reader. Note: can the reader hope for a transcript ?

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Timothy Snyder on ‘Russian Unreality and American Weakness’

Newspaper Reader: Mr. Snyder willfully forgets that some of his readers have followed the ‘Ukrain Crises’ since February 2014! stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 24, 2025 Russian Unreality and American Weakness Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history Timothy Snyder Nov 24 … Continue reading

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On the near rehabiltation of ‘Thucydides trap’, via NYT and Lydia Polgreen.

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 23, 2025 Editor: The ‘Thucydides’s trap’ first appeared as an esssay and then a book. In 2015 as an article, and again in 2017 in book form. But Lydia Polgreen in her political desperation to impress … Continue reading

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Under the rubric of New York Times political kitsch, in two iterations: Saturday, November 22, 2025.

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 22, 2025 Newspaper Reader.

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The Financial Times of November 21, 2025.

Former Subscriber wonders… stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 21, 2025

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