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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

George Galloway ‘held for nine hours’ at airport by counter terror police Reports said he had returned to the UK from Moscow via Abu Dhabi. George Lithgow Sunday 28 September 2025 15:1

Posted on September 30, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

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The Apologists for The Gaza Genocide declare: ‘To Be Worthy of Standing Before God’ means what?

Posted on September 30, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

Queer Atheist on ‘Karl Barth A Life in Conflict, by Prof Christiane Tietz &Dr Victoria J. Barnett’ & Justification: ‘The Doctrine of Karl Barth and a Catholic Reflection’ .Hans Kung. stephenkmacksd.com/ Sep 28, 2025 The Free Press Things Worth Remembering: … Continue reading →

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Reader think of Suzy Weiss nostalgia for the ‘Sorority Girl’ as a tribute to ‘Mr. Belvedere Goes to College’ of 1949?

Posted on September 27, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

The excumation of usable pasts, (‘Sorority Girl’) to serve the political present, is valuable tool of the ‘The Straussian Moment’! stephenkmacksd.com/ Sep 27, 2025 By Suzy Weiss It was slightly embarrassing to be in Greek life when I was at … Continue reading →

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On the ersatz Political Theology of David Brooks. & the valorization of Charlie Kirk!

Posted on September 27, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

Queer Atheist on the New York Times and Political Conformity at any cost! stephenkmacksd.com/ Sep 26, 2025 Editor: Mr. Brooks column of Sept. 25, 2025 provides a ‘Political Theology’, in five paragraphs! I’ve placed in italics some of the key points, … Continue reading →

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Re-Posting: David Bromwich in two keys, in the same octave! Posted on October 2, 2024 by stephenkmacksd

Posted on September 27, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

stephenkmacksd.com/ Sep 26, 2025 David Bromwich in two keys, in the same octave! Posted on October 2, 2024 by stephenkmacksd Political Observer comments. Here is my commentary on Mr. Bromwich’s American Breakdown in 2018 in The London Review of Books : The ‘insights’ of david.bromwich@yale.edu : a … Continue reading →

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On the ersatz Political Theology of David Brooks. & the valorization of Charlie Kirk!

Posted on September 27, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

Queer Atheist on the New York Times and Political Conformity at any cost! stephenkmacksd.com/ Sep 26, 2025 Editor: Mr. Brooks column of Sept. 25, 2025 provides a ‘Political Theology’, in five paragraphs! I’ve placed in italics some of the key points, … Continue reading →

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Buenos Aires Herald Thursday, September 25, 2025.

Posted on September 25, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

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Is Religious Hysteric Amy Coney Barrett the natural successor to Antonin Scalia’s hatred of Vatican II, or just one more Neo-Confederate ?

Posted on September 25, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

Political Observer comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Sep 25, 2025 Editor: The curious reader just needs to seach below! Katzenbach, 383 U. S., at 328 and 329 etc. Opinion and Dissent Posted on June 27, 2013 by stephenkmacksd https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/21/listening-to-the-law-review-amy-coney-barrett Political Observer.

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Sarkozy given five-year sentence in Libya case, will be incarcerated even if he appeals. Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of criminal conspiracy at his trial over the alleged financing of his 2007 …

Posted on September 25, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Sep 25, 2025 Thursday, September 25, 2025 Newspaper Reader.

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Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews:

Posted on September 25, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

Hume’s Imagination Tito Magri, Hume’s Imagination, Oxford University Press, 2023, 512pp., $165.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780192864147. Reviewed by Donald C. Ainslie, University of Toronto, Sep 25, 2025 https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/humes-imagination/

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