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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

The Kennedy Assassination, the Truth is too much to bear!

The reader has to just wonder about the ‘why’ of this piece of Warren Report retrograde  apologetics appearing at Alternet. As Jim Garrison said over a generation ago: ‘Let Justice be done though the heavens fall’! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_justitia_ruat_caelum ‘Conspiracy Theorists’, a … Continue reading

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@BretStephensNYT finds a Hero in Robert Zimmer. Committed Observer comments

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At The Financial Times: Santiago Maldonado’s death & the political fate of Macri. Old Socialist comments

Macri’s ascendancy has hit a small snag: the death of Folk Hero Santiago Maldonado,and the clueless comments of the operatives of Macri. The Argentine Melodrama has one more day before the vote takes place. Will de Kirchner gain a Senate … Continue reading

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John McCain as the voice of ‘Reason’: Old Socialist scoffs

From the ‘Straight Talk Express’ to Bomb,Bomb,Bomb Iran This Neo-Conservative War monger, now presents himself as ‘The Voice of Reason’ or one of the fabled ‘Adults in the Room’ of 2006-2007. The whole of the American Political Class, the Neo-Confederate/Neo-Conservative … Continue reading

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‘The Age of Fracture’ in its European context. Philosophical Apprentice comments

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At The Financial Times: Macri, The Great Neo-Liberal Emancipator. Old Socialist observes & comments

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@socialeurope & Kostas Botopoulos attack the heretical Yanis Varoufakis. Committed Observer comments

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 … Continue reading

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Sebastián Piñera is about to save Chile from the ‘Pink Tide’. Old Socialist comments

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 … Continue reading

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Neo-Conservative @BretStephensNYT is tumescent over Trump’s Iran decertification! Political Observer interprets Stephens’ rhetorical wet dream!

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 … Continue reading

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@davidimarcus takes the measure of ‘Vital Center’ hack Arthur Schlesinger Jr., via a book review : Old Socialist gags on this merde!

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 … Continue reading

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