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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

Amnesty et al. v. Blair | American Civil Liberties Union

Posted on March 21, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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MOBYLIVES » “Our first duty is to establish a new and abusive school of criticism …”

Posted on March 21, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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I Canceled My Account with Huffington Post

Posted on March 21, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

Thank you, Matt Zoller Seitz for planting the idea in my head. A fair, equitable wage for work performed is a hard won concession from Management, that many people gave their lives for in the 20th Century. How quickly Americans … Continue reading →

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Books of Interest:Amazon.com: Inherently Unequal: The Betrayal of Equal Rights by the Supreme Court, 1865-1903 (9780802717924): Lawrence Goldstone: Books

Posted on March 21, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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US Army ‘kill team’ in Afghanistan posed for photos of murdered civilians | World news | The Guardian

Posted on March 21, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Military Intelligence monitoring foreign left-wing organizations – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

Posted on March 21, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Peacocks on Parade

Posted on March 21, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Books of Interest:Talisse, R.B. and Aikin, S.F., eds.: The Pragmatism Reader: From Peirce through the Present.

Posted on March 20, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Books of Interest:Runciman, W.G.: Great Books, Bad Arguments: Republic, Leviathan, and The Communist Manifesto.

Posted on March 20, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Books of Interest:Cohen, G.A.; Otsuka, M., ed.: On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice, and Other Essays in Political Philosophy.

Posted on March 20, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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