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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

Niall Ferguson Explains Why Egypt Is More Like Iran Than Berlin

via businessinsider.com America loves political reactionaries, so much so, that we like to import the most impressive of the breed to write for our newspapers and teach in our most prestigious universities. Here is Pretty Boy Reactionary (PBR) sowing the … Continue reading

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Fred Korematsu Day: California Honors a Civil Rights Hero – TIME

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Ralph Reed Political Moralist

http://www.ffcoalition.com/2011/02/02/elbaradei-compares-terrorist-group-to-evangelicals-and-orthodox-jews/ The power of the American Hegemon is waning and the supporters of that old order cling to their illusions of moral/political supremacy, as if it were a generation ago. The American Lekudniks and their political allies cannot admit their … Continue reading

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ThinkProgress » Reagan’s Solicitor General Charles Fried: ‘I Am Quite Sure That The Health Care Mandate Is Constitutional’

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ThinkProgress » Dean Rejects Gingrich’s ‘Radical Islam’ Fearmongering: ‘Radical Anything Is What’s Bad’

Dean Rejects Gingrich’s ‘Radical Islam’ Fearmongering: ‘Radical Anything Is What’s Bad’ Later this month, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King (R-NY), who has referred to American Muslims as the “enemy living amongst us,” will hold hearings to investigate the … Continue reading

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ThinkProgress » Leading Neoconservative Frank Gaffney Argues Muslim Brotherhood Has ‘Infiltrated’ The Federal Government

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Mubarak Promises Not Enough, Obama Should Push for Real Change | Human Rights First

Home » Press Release » Mubarak Promises Not Enough, Obama Should Push for Real Change CONTACT: Brenda Bowser Soder, Human Rights FirstC: 646-897-6372, W: 202-370-3323 | bowsersoderb@humanrightsfirst.org Mubarak Promises Not Enough, Obama Should Push for Real Change For Immediate Release: … Continue reading

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Marc A. Thiessen – ‘We believe America is against us’

Bush’s call for Nour’s release was intended to send a message to the Egyptian people that America supported their aspirations for democratic change. Over the past week, the Obama administration has been sending the opposite message. While Egyptians marched by … Continue reading

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BBC News – World ‘failing to treat high cholesterol’

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BBC News – Egyptian army statement vowing not to use force

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