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Newspaper Reader ‘libido differences’ is the question of the moment ? stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 06, 2026 When One Partner Wants Sex More Than the Other Libido differences are a common part of relationships, sex therapists say. Here’s how to manage. Recently, The … Continue reading →

Political Observet with help from ‘Katzenbach, 383 U. S., at 328 and 329 etc. Opinion and Dissent’ and ‘https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/12-96#writing-12-96_DISSENT_5’ stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 06, 2026 Is Religious Hysteric Amy Coney Barrett the natural successor to Antonin Scalia’s hatred of Vatican II, or … Continue reading →

Editor: Readers, Oxbridgers can never be wrong! Zanny Minton Beddoes in even more toxic than Adrian Wooldridge & John Micklethwait of utterly notoriou’The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America’ stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 05, 2026 Is The Economist always wrong? We used … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 04, 2026 Cockeyed Platonist and “The New Humanism” Posted on March 8, 2011 by stephenkmacksd http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/opinion/08brooks.html?_r=1&src=ISMR_HP_LO_MST_FB Cockeyed Platonist (CP) posits ‘The New Humanism’, whatever that might be. How does he define his re-imagination of this concept? Is it both … Continue reading →

stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 03, 2026 Palantir CEO PANICS ON AIR About Wealth Tax

https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-revival-of-pragmatism stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 03, 2026 Post-Contemporary Interventions More about this series Book Pages: 464 Illustrations: 5 photographs Published: November 1998 Editor: Morris Dickstein Contributors: Morris Dickstein, Richard Rorty, Hilary Putnam, Sidney Morgenbesser, Ruth Anna Putnam, Stanley Cavell, James T. Kloppenberg, Robert Westbrook, Richard J. Bernstein, Nancy Fraser, Ross Posnock, Hans Joas, Alan Wolfe, John Patrick … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 03, 2026 Editor: A selection of the political chatter of the Centirst’s/Centrist! Survey: Democrats Turning Heavily in Favor of Socialism For many of us who were raised in liberal, Democratic families, the infusion of socialist, anti-free-speech, … Continue reading →

‘How Do We Manage China’s Decline?’ & … stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 02, 2026 How Do We Manage China’s Decline?’ & … Posted on August 31, 2023 by stephenkmacksd Political Cynic breathes deep, and chokes, on the incense burnt in the names of misbegotten expertise. … Continue reading →

John Crace. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 02, 2026 The home crowd swooned to Andy’s mood music, even if some of it could have been a Keir cover version Mon 29 Jun 2026 10.39 EDT https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/29/peoples-history-museum-andy-burnham-labour-speech There’s no pleasing some people. For most … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 02, 2026 Discussions of American power are prone to hyperbole. In his first inauguration speech, in 2017, Donald Trump lamented “American carnage”. In his second, in 2025, he declared that “America will reclaim its rightful place … Continue reading →