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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

France’s far right: Le Pen’s daughter takes over | The Economist

Posted on January 17, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Book Review – Public Enemies – By Bernard-Henri Lévy and Michel Houellebecq

Posted on January 16, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

via nytimes.com Here is one of my favorite Fake Political Moralists, BHL in tandem with Mr. Houellebecq the latest novelist and decadent to appear on the French literary scene. It is the ‘New’ that drives so much of literary culture … Continue reading →

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Brookings’ “centrist” opposition to the rule of law – Glenn Greenwald

Posted on January 16, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Daniel Hernandez, Intern Who Helped Save Giffords: Political Discourse Has Become “Completely Destructive” | | AlterNet

Posted on January 16, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Hadi Ghaemi: Who Is Afraid of Talking about Iran’s Human Rights Crisis?

Posted on January 16, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

Hadi Ghaemi and Aaron Rhodes As the latest round of negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group is about to resume, the ongoing human rights crisis in Iran is once more being overshadowed and ignored by the international community.

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BREAKING NEWS – Iranian Kurdish Political Activist Hossein Khezri Executed This Morning In Orumiyeh (1)

Posted on January 16, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

Saturday January 15th, 2011 –  28 year old Hossein Khezri an Iranian Kurdish political activist was hanged this morning at the Central Prison in Orumiyeh.  According to reports by HRANA on January 2nd, 2011 a team was sent from Tehran … Continue reading →

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Arab despots should heed events in Tunisia | Observer editorial | Comment is free | The Observer

Posted on January 16, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

The fall from power of Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine ben Ali is one of those widely unpredicted turns of events that hindsight quickly labels inevitable.

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Frank Rich on Tucson : A Must Read!!!

Posted on January 16, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/opinion/16rich.html?_r=1&src=ISMR_HP_LO_MST_FB#

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National Brotherhood Week

Posted on January 14, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Blind Libel by Garry Wills | NYRBlog | The New York Review of Books

Posted on January 14, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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