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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

Anti-WikiLeaks lies and propaganda – from TNR, Lauer, Feinstein and more – WikiLeaks

Posted on December 7, 2010 by stephenkmacksd

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Don’t shoot messenger for revealing uncomfortable truths | The Australian

Posted on December 7, 2010 by stephenkmacksd

WIKILEAKS deserves protection, not threats and attacks.   IN 1958 a young Rupert Murdoch, then owner and editor of Adelaide’s The News, wrote: “In the race between secrecy and truth, it seems inevitable that truth will always win.”

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George Will endorses new, good kind of judicial activism – War Room

Posted on December 7, 2010 by stephenkmacksd

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Chinese missile ranges: China’s missiles | The Economist

Posted on December 7, 2010 by stephenkmacksd

http://media.economist.com/sites/default/files/media/2010InfoG/Interactive/Missiles/Missiles4.swf via economist.com

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WikiLeaks’ Wall Street Bombshell – The Daily Beast

Posted on December 7, 2010 by stephenkmacksd

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Overmatched

Posted on December 7, 2010 by stephenkmacksd

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ThinkProgress » Rep. Steve King Calls For The Return Of McCarthyism In Congress: It’s A ‘Good Process’ That He Would ‘Support’

Posted on December 7, 2010 by stephenkmacksd

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Book – Sebastiano Maffettone – Rawls

Posted on December 7, 2010 by stephenkmacksd

Description Rawls: An Introduction is a uniquely comprehensive introduction to the work of the American philosopher John Rawls (1921-2002), who transformed contemporary political philosophy. In the 1950s and 1960s, political philosophy seemed to have reached a dead end characterized by … Continue reading →

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Not such wicked leaks | Presseurop – English

Posted on December 6, 2010 by stephenkmacksd

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Alternatives to Austerity by Joseph E. Stiglitz – Project Syndicate

Posted on December 6, 2010 by stephenkmacksd

NEW YORK – In the aftermath of the Great Recession, countries have been left with unprecedented peacetime deficits and increasing anxieties about their growing national debts. In many countries, this is leading to a new round of austerity – policies … Continue reading →

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