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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

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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Books of Interest;Humphrey, N.: Soul Dust: The Magic of Consciousness.

Posted on March 20, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Rantings of an Ex-Maestro

Posted on March 20, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

Some people have asked me for reactions to this piece by Alan Greenspan (pdf) on how Obama’s activism is preventing economic recovery. I could go through the weak reasoning, the shoddy econometrics that ignores a large literature on business investment … Continue reading →

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Definition: Citizen Journalist

Posted on March 19, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

The notion of the 'Citizen Journalist' was given plangency by Arianna Huffington, before the sale of the Huffington Post to AOL: in order to fill her web site with content, that was and is, written by some very talented, impressive … Continue reading →

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