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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

Dollars under the mattress, the holy grail of Argentine governments Milei will try for a third time to draw out the estimated US$255 billion outside of the banking system, more than 5 times the IMF’s

Posted on June 25, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

https://buenosairesherald.com/economics/dollars-under-the-mattress-the-holy-grail-of-argentine-governments stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 14, 2026 Juan Marcos Pollio Since taking office in late 2023, Javier Milei has tried, in more ways than one, to get Argentines to pull their dollars out from “under the mattress” — that is, to bring … Continue reading →

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Trust in Milei government drops for sixth consecutive month

Posted on June 25, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

Martina Jaureguy. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 14, 2026 Argentines’ trust in the government fell for the sixth consecutive month in May, dropping by 1.6% from April and 18.7% year-on-year, according to an index compiled by the Torcuato Di Tella University. The cumulative … Continue reading →

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Diljit Dosanjh: Morni is the realization of Walt Whitman’s prescience (I am large, I contain multitudes.)

Posted on June 25, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

Poets are the Arbiter of Worlds! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 14, 2026 Diljit Dosanjh: Morni | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Walt Whitman 1819 – 1892 The past and present wilt—I have fill’d them, emptied them. And proceed to fill my … Continue reading →

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David Rowe’s of The Financial Review leads the way!

Posted on June 25, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 14, 2026 David Rowe’s take

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In moments of political panic ‘The Economist’ exhumes ‘Bagehot’ in his latest self-serving political incarnation?

Posted on June 25, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

Newspaper Reader stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 14, 2026 Britain | Bagehot British politicians are racing to the hard right Amid riots in Belfast, Restore promises to put “murderous third-world savages to death” https://www.economist.com/britain/2026/06/10/british-politicians-are-racing-to-the-hard-right When a Sudanese refugee was caught attacking a man in … Continue reading →

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1YBwo38nLM

Posted on June 25, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 13, 2026 Tucker Responds to Mark Levin’s Turn on Trump

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Inside the Empire State Building’s 21st Century Upgrade.

Posted on June 24, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

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Mr. Hal Brands of AEI and his 4012 word monstrosity

Posted on June 24, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

Stephen K. Mack. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 13, 2026 American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a private nonprofit American institution of research founded in 1943 by American industrialist Lewis H. Brown. One of the oldest and most-influential think tanks in the United States, it supports limited … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 4, 2011

Posted on June 24, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 12, 2026 Justice Scalia and American Political Romanticism Posted on January 4, 2011 by stephenkmacksd http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/03/scalia-women-discrimination-constitution_n_803813.html Let me disagree with the characterization of Marcia Greenberger in regards to the comments of Justice Scalia as ‘shocking’. There is nothing ‘shocking’, prima facie, … Continue reading →

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX crash just started

Posted on June 24, 2026 by stephenkmacksd

stephenkmacksd.com/ Jun 12, 2026 Elon Musk’s SpaceX crash just started Chris Norlund

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