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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

Politico’s Ankush Khardori’s warm embrace of Cass Sunstein: In the Age of Trump, even this etiolated New Democrat, resembles a political oasis? (Steven Poole Thu 20 May 2021 02.30 EDT)

Posted on September 7, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

Old Socialist comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Sep 02, 2025 Headline: Cass Sunstein on What Lefty College Kids Get Wrong, the Dangers of Trump and His Own Regrets Sub-headline: In a new book, the longtime legal scholar offers a defense of liberalism from … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Freedland in ‘In high dudgeon’ over Trump: while British Citizens are arrested and jailed, without legal recourse, for marching against The Gaza Genocide!

Posted on September 7, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

American Observer comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Aug 31, 2025 Mr. Freedland is a notorious political opportunist, so the predations of Trump and his political minions, are the perfect opportunity to draw attention away form the Gaza Genocide, and the arrest of British … Continue reading →

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Life & Arts The Weekend Essay. ‘The battle for the soul of Israel’

Posted on September 7, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

Queer Atheist on Financial Times SHIT! stephenkmacksd.com/ Aug 30, 2025

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Bagehot in two iterations : Aug 20th 2025 & Aug 27th 2025!

Posted on September 7, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

American Reader wonders at the political elasticity of ‘The Character of Bagehot’? Over time. stephenkmacksd.com/ Aug 30, 2025 Editor: ‘The Bagehot’ of August 20, 2025: https://www.economist.com/britain/2025/08/20/what-it-means-when-britain-talks-about-bosh The Reader might wonder about the books he published: Lombard Street: A Description of … Continue reading →

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Janan Ganesh as Madame Arcati? Political Cynic comments.

Posted on September 7, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

Posted on February 3, 2021 by stephenkmacksd stephenkmacksd.com/ Aug 29, 2025 Title this ‘The Enlightenment of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown’ ? Mr. Ganesh doesn’t need to dust off his Madame Arcati shtick, he uses C-Span to demonstrate that Bill Clinton’s utter … Continue reading →

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Recall Henry Luce’s ‘Time Magazine’? that Gore Vidal called ‘the fictional lives of real people?’ ‘Semafor Principals’ is even more self-servingly reductive!

Posted on September 7, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

Political Cynic on the end of ‘reading’ replaced by ‘Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics’ ! stephenkmacksd.com/ Aug 29, 2025 Political Cynic.

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Benn Steil and Elisabeth Harding November 18, 2024 12:10 pm (EST)

Posted on September 2, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

stephenkmacksd.com/ Aug 29, 2025 https://www.cfr.org/blog/how-trump-can-control-fed How Trump Can Control the Fed Could President-elect Donald Trump end Fed independence on monetary policy? A legislative anomaly gives him a way. Post by Benn Steil and Elisabeth Harding November 18, 2024 12:10 pm (EST) In Barron’s last Thursday, … Continue reading →

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This Week’s New Titles Buy one of our new titles and save 30% on related books from our catalogue! Verso Books 26 August 2025

Posted on September 2, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

Political Observer ! stephenkmacksd.com/ Aug 28, 2025 Political Observer.

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Daniel Larison is the voice of reason!

Posted on September 2, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

Stephen K. Mack : I have read Daniel Larison since he was writing for The American Conservative, and was eventually fired! This writer/thinker deserves your attention! stephenkmacksd.com/ Aug 28, 2025 SKM: Here is his latest essay: The Colossal ‘Snapback’ Error … Continue reading →

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Bret Stephens postulates ‘Donald Trump’s Assault on Capitalism’ : Yet Trump is Capitalisms & Neo-Liberalisms Epiphany?

Posted on September 2, 2025 by stephenkmacksd

Reader dare to take apart this political chatter, and realize that it is’s Stephens attempt at Sturm und Drang? stephenkmacksd.com/ Aug 26, 2025 Editor: This first paragraph: Is an American Conservative consonant with a Neo-Conservative? Ask an American conservative what … Continue reading →

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