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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 Finacial Times of 3/12/2026 provides all the ‘information’ that its readers will devour, on that train ride to the Office? At lunch time: ‘The Economist’?

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Mar 12, 2026 Newspaper Reader. Extra Added attraction!

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Is the Financial Times the standard-bearer of a fratured, indeed corrupt & malign ‘West’ ?

Newspaper Reader stephenkmacksd.com/ Mar 11, 2026 Newspaper Reader.

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On the falibility of memory: Bret Stephens & David Petraeus.

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Mar 10, 2026 The most famous query in the history of modern warfare came from David Petraeus, then a major general, in an interview with Rick Atkinson, then a reporter, during the initial assault on Iraq: “Tell me … Continue reading

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The Economist reimagines the political present!

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Mar 10, 2026 Middle East & Africa | On their guard Should the Gulf states join attacks on Iran? A lack of trust in America and Israel, internal divisions and the risk of domestic strife all hamper a … Continue reading

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The New York Times is the Fellow Traveler of Trump, Miriam Adelson & The Zionist Faschist State’s Netanyahu!

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Mar 09, 2026 The Poisoning of Tehran The U.S. and Israel are inflicting monstrous collective punishment on one of the largest cities in the world in a war they started. Daniel Larison Mar 9 READ IN APP … Continue reading

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Has Timothy Snyder’s Political Romance with Ukraine come to an ignomious end?

Newspaper Reader: Snyder offers his own evidence? stephenkmacksd.com/ Mar 08, 2026 The Desire for Terror And the defense of democracy Timothy Snyder Mar 8 A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside … Continue reading

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The Guardian newspaper is another Zionist Fellow Traveler!

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Mar 08, 2026 https://www.theguardian.com/us Headline and sub-headline: Featuring ‘Iran experts believe’… ‘End of an era’: death of Khamenei seen as Iran’s Berlin Wall moment Iran experts believe the symbolism of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death is overwhelming and … Continue reading

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Excerpts from the Nuremberg Opening Statement Robert H. Jackson Chief of Counsel for the United States Nuremberg, Germany November 21, 1945

stephenkmacksd.com/ Mar 06, 2026 Excerpts from the Nuremberg Opening Statement Robert H. Jackson Chief of Counsel for the United States Nuremberg, Germany November 21, 1945 Wednesday, November 21, 1945 marked the second day in the Trial of the Major War … Continue reading

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@NYT of March 6, 2026 reports on ‘Israel Bombards Outskirts of Beiruts, as Confilict Widens’: Iran bombards the Zionist Faschist State, as @NYT followes the Zionist Party Line!

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Newspaper Reader asks one of his readers to post the full text of Janan Ganesh’s latest essay…

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Mar 05, 2026 Middle East war Be glad of Starmer’s caution over Iran Bellicose critics of the UK prime minister have learnt nothing from the recent past Janan Ganesh Newspaper Reader.

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