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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

LENIN’S TOMB: “Progressive nonsense”

Monday, December 06, 2010 “Progressive nonsense” posted by lenin   It seems I was justified in treating the Blond-style pwoggy Toryism as of little ideological moment as far as Conservative Party policy is concerned. As I claimed:

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This Side of the Pond | Human homosexuality: How unique are we really? by Aldo Poiani

Homosexuality is at the centre of some major debates in society right now. Not that this is something really new, homosexuals have been regarded as a “thorn in the flank” of Western culture since at least the 19th century. What … Continue reading

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This Side of the Pond | Cosmologist Paul Davies Discovers New Forms of Life, Contemplates the Nature of Reality

As director of the BEYOND Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, Paul Davies has had a busy few weeks. First, he announced a key discovery that would impact the search for intelligent life. Then, he proposed a solution to space … Continue reading

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James K. Galbraith: Whose Side Is the White House On?

I want to raise a hard question — a question on which Americans are divided. It seems to me, though, we will get nowhere unless we realize where we are, what has actually happened, and what the future most likely … Continue reading

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Me and my Kindle (06/12/2010) – signandsight

Wherever there is talk about the business of literature these days – at book fairs, publishers’ parties, among the editors of newspapers and magazines – you can hear discussions of electronic reading, a development which is about to engulf us … Continue reading

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Don Blankenship: The Dark Lord of Coal Country | Rolling Stone Politics

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