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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

After Tunisia: Alaa Abd El Fatah on Egypt | Books | The Guardian

Posted on January 28, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

The Arab world has not been as stagnant nor as apathetic as is widely claimed. This week’s events in Egypt, while unusual in their scale, are a continuation of a movement that can be traced back through my whole lifetime: … Continue reading →

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from my friend in Cairo: on Twitpic

Posted on January 28, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Tarqi Ali: Bernard-Henri Lévy Indicted!

Posted on January 27, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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New Statesman – Make no mistake, Tory economic policy is in trouble

Posted on January 27, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Mohamed ElBaradei: The Return of the Challenger – Newsweek

Posted on January 27, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Protests in Egypt – live updates | World news | guardian.co.uk

Posted on January 27, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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Yemen protesters demand change of government | World news | guardian.co.uk

Posted on January 27, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

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An Arab Spring? by Dominique Moisi – Project Syndicate

Posted on January 27, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

An Arab Spring? PARIS – Is Tunisia the first Arab authoritarian domino to fall? Or is it a unique case that should not be viewed as a precedent for either the Arab world in general or the Maghreb in particular? … Continue reading →

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Globalization Marches On by Jagdish Bhagwati – Project Syndicate

Posted on January 27, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

    2011-01-25   Globalization Marches On LONDON – In a recent symposium in the Financial Times on globalization’s prospects in 2011, the columnist Gideon Rachman observed that, “When Barack Obama visited India recently, the US President warned his hosts … Continue reading →

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Three Paragraphs with comments

Posted on January 27, 2011 by stephenkmacksd

Holy neurons- The Times Literary Supplement, January 21, 2011 p. 25 Review by Jonathan Benthall Conceiving God David Lewis-Williams The cognitive origin and evolution of religion 320 pp. Thames and Hudson   ‘Lewis –Williams and other militant atheists of liberal … Continue reading →

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