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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

New Statesman – Why Steven Davies could be the tipping point for gay sportsmen

Posted on March 1, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Happy Teens Tend to Be Happy Adults, But More Likely to Divorce | Psych Central News

Posted on March 1, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Amazon.com: Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving (9780262514293): Sanjoy Mahajan, Carver A. Mead: Books

Posted on March 1, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Peter Beinart and the Policy of Containment

Posted on March 1, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-02-26/obamas-mideast-policy-the-case-for-sitting-on-our-hands/ “Dear world, sorry about the last 10 years. Peter Beinart on how the new wave of Mideast revolts may finally be ending America’s wasteful war on terror—and why it would have been smarter not to intervene in the first … Continue reading →

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To Andy Snyder, Poet, Thinker, Ironist

Posted on February 28, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

The Revival of Pragmatism  New Essays on Social Thought, Law and Culture Edited by Morris Dickstein Duke University Press Pragmatism as Romantic Polytheism Richard Rorty Page 24 ”Polytheism, in the sense I have defined it, is pretty much coextensive with … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 28, 2011 by stephenkmacksd
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Wisconsin Capitol closed; protesters stay put; police stand by | greenbaypressgazette.com | Green Bay Press Gazette

Posted on February 28, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Pretty Boy Reactionary and The Sale of The Century

Posted on February 28, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

http://www.newsweek.com/2011/02/20/sale-of-the-century.html# In his latest article for Newsweek Pretty Boy Reactionary (PBR) has hit on a capital idea: the sale of our unusable and even usable public assets for a tidy profit, and reap the benefits of someone else paying for … Continue reading →

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Mobile Wash Unit

Posted on February 27, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Defiant Clarence Thomas fires back – Kenneth P. Vogel

Posted on February 27, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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