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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

Kant and Milton – Sanford Budick – Harvard University Press

Posted on February 19, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

About This Book About the Authors Reviews Kant and Milton brings to bear new evidence and long-neglected materials to show the importance of Kant’s encounter with Milton’s poetry to the formation of Kant’s moral and aesthetic thought. Sanford Budick reveals … Continue reading →

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SOUR ‘日々の音色 (Hibi no neiro)’

Posted on February 19, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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BBC News – Caravaggio’s crimes exposed in Rome’s police files

Posted on February 18, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Here we go again: Egypt to Bahrain – Opinion – Al Jazeera English

Posted on February 18, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Present, former Green Bay Packers say they back AFL-CIO | The Political Carnival

Posted on February 18, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Making is Connecting – the actual book! (Feb 2011)

Posted on February 18, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Mohamed ElBaradei (ElBaradei) on Twitter

Posted on February 18, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

ElBaradei Peoples’ demands for a fresh start are crystal clear & should not be derailed.Let us not repeat the blunders of the past. via twitter.com Here is a great man, not the usual political matinee idol that so fascinates, indeed … Continue reading →

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The Wisconsin situation | Michael Tomasky | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Posted on February 18, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Beyond the beards and burqas – Opinion – Al Jazeera English

Posted on February 17, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Tyler Cowen,Cockeyed Platonist,Hypostasis,The Experience Economy and The Art of Storytelling

Posted on February 17, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/opinion/15brooks.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Like Plato, Cockeyed Platonist (CP) is smitten with the serviceable abstraction, the pertinent Idea, with a capital I. He begins his latest column by introducing a book published on the internet titled “The Great Stagnation”: oh! the siren call … Continue reading →

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