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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

Editor: The Financial Times verses The Buenos Aires Herald!

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 30, 2025 @FinancialTimes : Chronicle of a bromance: inside the relationship between Milei and Donald Trump Critics say the dynamics of Argentina’s relationship with the U.S. leader is neocolonial. Could it also be unrequited? Facundo Iglesia … Continue reading

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The marriage of convience between the Manhattan Institute & Zanny Menton Beddoes?

Newspaper Reader & Political Observer. stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 30, 2025 Editor: This is the companion piece, to the Manhattan Institute’s latest Anti-Mamdani hysteria mongering. This reader awaits the charge that Mamdani is the reincarnation of Robespierre! … insider@economist.com. Editor: In the … Continue reading

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Newspaper Reader & Political Observer on Zanny Minton Beddoes, and the New York of 1988!

‘That’s why this week, on the eve of a pivotal mayoral election, we are asking: is New York in trouble?’ stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 29, 2025 Zanny Minton Beddoes recalls: I can still vividly remember my first visit to New York. It … Continue reading

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Border Patrol chief leading Trump immigration crackdown in Chicago ordered to report daily to federal judge

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 29, 2025 Border Patrol chief leading Trump immigration crackdown in Chicago ordered to report daily to federal judge In a tense hearing, Gregory Bovino faced scrutiny for alleged violations of court orders limiting use of force. … Continue reading

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Elon Musk finds his Boswell in Arnaud Leparmentier, of Le Monde? Or is it a riff on Balzachs ‘Lost Illusions’ & Lucien de Rubempré?

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 28, 2025 Headline: Elon Musk’s life after Washington, from Tesla to robots and tunnels Sub-headline: Since parting ways with Trump in June, the world’s richest man has refocused on his companies, delighting his investors. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2025/10/27/elon-musk-s-life-after-washington-from-tesla-to-robots-and-tunnels_6746802_19.html Editor: … Continue reading

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Is Josh Shapiro just another Committed Zionists, with a glossy political veneer?

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 27, 2025 Headline: A Rising Democrat Leans Into the Campus Fight Over Antisemitism Sub-headline:Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, the proudly Jewish leader of a battleground state, has dived headfirst into subjects that have wrenched apart his … Continue reading

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Buenos Aires Herald October 27, 2025

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Two US House Republicans are pushing the federal justice department to investigate the path to citizenship of Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate favored to win the 4 November election…

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 26, 2025 Headline: Islamophobia is endemic,’ Mamdani says of Republicans’ push to deport him Sub-Headline: Two House Republicans push justice department to investigate Zohran Mamdani’s path to US citizenship https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/26/zohran-mamdani-republicans-push-investigate-citizenship Two US House Republicans are pushing … Continue reading

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Has The Economist adoration of Neo-Liberal Javier Milei ebbed? Or has ‘The Reality Principal’ taken hold?

Newspaper Reader stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 25, 2025 Editor: My apologies to my readers, for the inordinate length of my collection of my various comments, on the question of Argentine Politics. I was happy that my recall and memory are somewhat reliable … Continue reading

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David Brooks opines, with two other NYT hirelings!

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 23, 2025 Headline: Trump Has a Religion. What Do Democrats Have? Sub-headline: Mamdani might be working in Democrats’ favor. But what about “No Kings”? Oct. 23, 2025, 5:05 a.m. ET Editor: Here is the ‘meat’ of … Continue reading

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