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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

‘Behind the ‘Block Everything’ movement: Tight budgets and fear about the future’

The surge in inflation in recent years is still being felt, fueling frustration among France’s ‘just-getting-by’ population. Falling unemployment has not stopped the poverty rate from rising. stephenkmacksd.com/ Sep 11, 2025 Footnote: Americans will not find the plight of the … Continue reading

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Bret Stephens as perenial chronicler of Jewish Victimology?

Queer Atheist comments briefly ! stephenkmacksd.com/ Sep 11, 2025 Editor: Like William F. Buckley Jr. , Stephens is an Oil Man’s Brat! And from the above former ‘a editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post’ , but more that just that! Before that, he … Continue reading

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‘Behind the ‘Block Everything’ movement: Tight budgets and fear about the future’

The surge in inflation in recent years is still being felt, fueling frustration among France’s ‘just-getting-by’ population. Falling unemployment has not stopped the poverty rate from rising. stephenkmacksd.com/ Sep 11, 2025

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The Resistance of the gilets jaunes is still alive & well in France? As reported in Le Monde!

American Fellow Traveler. stephenkmacksd.com/ Sep 10, 2025 American Fellow Traveler.

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Alain Duhamel offers the reader valuable insights & historical perspectives!

American Observer. stephenkmacksd.com/ Sep 09, 2025 … https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2025/09/08/french-journalist-alain-duhamel-we-are-facing-both-a-crisis-of-government-and-a-crisis-of-society_6745137_5.html American Observer.

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In Le Monde: The Macron Melodrama in two Acts!

American Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Sep 09, 2025 Act 1: … Once a star on the international stage, dubbed the “French Obama” in the US and “Wunderkind” in Germany, Macron is now described as one of the architects of the French decline: … Continue reading

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Bayrou was the sixth prime minister under Macron, since the French president was first elected in 2017.

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Sep 08, 2025 Headline: Bayrou ousted as French PM, Macron to appoint successor in ‘next few days’ Sub-headline: After just nine months in office, François Bayrou will have to hand in his resignation. His fall leaves President … Continue reading

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Milei vows to stick to his guns while Peronism celebrates after Buenos Aires Province 2025 elections.

Political Observer. stephenkmacksd.com/ Sep 08, 2025 Peronists said Sunday’s victory constituted a rejection of austerity and the small-state model, while Libertarians admitted to ‘mistakes’ but were tight-lipped about what, exactly, would change. Dollar soars and stocks plummet as markets react … Continue reading

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The Roberts Court is a Neo-Confederate Court: Except for the ‘3 unnamed Dissenters’: (per NYT)

Americal Dissenter stephenkmacksd.com/ Sep 08, 2025 … The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a federal judge’s order prohibiting government agents from making indiscriminate immigration-related stops in the Los Angeles area that challengers called “blatant racial profiling.” The court’s brief order was unsigned … Continue reading

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Robert Colvile is too clever by half?

American Observer. stephenkmacksd.com/ Sep 07, 2025 Headline: Reeves can keep her pledges, or break them and save the economy Sub-headline: Labour is trying to get large sums from small taxes. That concentrates the pain in ways people notice https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/rachel-reeves-pledges-tax-economy-5kjvxkzhb Sunday … Continue reading

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