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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

This reader wonders where the redoutable Judy Dempsey is? Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe, who usually appearies in The Financial Times?

Newspaper Reader: What the reader is offered is warmed over Atlantic Council ‘experts’ that reades like ? stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 15, 2026 Experts react: Hungary just voted out Viktor Orbán. Here’s what to expect in Europe and beyond. By Atlantic Council … Continue reading

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In the realm of Ass Kissing Edward Luce is the Master of the genre!

Luce’s Lunch with Henry Kissinger from July 21, 2018. stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 14, 2026 Lunch with the FT Life & Arts Henry Kissinger: ‘We are in a very, very grave period’ The grand consigliere of American diplomacy talks about Putin, the … Continue reading

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Stephen Bush chatters while Rome is set afire by ‘Artificial Intelligence’, in the pages of The Financial Times!

Newspaper Reader is reminded those Science Fiction Movies he watched in the 1950’s, at the Movie Theatre just a block away from our house, after my brother and I mowed the lawn! stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 14, 2026 Opinion Artificial intelligence Mythos … Continue reading

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Does Bourgeois Liberalism resides in the pages of ‘The New York Times’?

Newspaper Reader offers the Front Page of April 14, 2026 ! stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 14, 2026

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The Economist informs its readers that this ‘once newspaper’ is owned by oligarchs?

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 13, 2026 Editor: The Economist enters The Confessional? Who owns The Economist? The Economist is part of The Economist Group, a private company with a special ownership structure designed to preserve editorial independence. Its shareholders date back more … Continue reading

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Janan Ganesh on Joe Biden as Political Redeemer. Angry Cosmopolitan comments.

Janan Ganesh on Joe Biden as Political Redeemer. Angry Cosmopolitan comments. Posted on February 23, 2021 by stephenkmacksd stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 12, 2026 Headline:Joe Biden can save global migration from the deep freeze Sub-headline: Through example and sheer numbers, an open … Continue reading

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Editor: I would like to recommend to the reader: the Stephanson-Kennan Correspondence from New Left Review!

StephenKMackSD! stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 11, 2026 Stephanson-Kennan Correspondence Introduction ‘Know the adversary’ is the first law of politics, as of war. But how should such knowledge proceed? In examining the thought-worlds that informed American foreign-policymaking, the young Anders Stephanson was drawn … Continue reading

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Janan Ganesh: Trump is playing the madman. But he’s doing it all wrong! (Revised)

Newspaper Reader on Janan Ganesh as Auteur? stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 10, 2026 Opinion | Janan Ganesh Trump is playing the madman. But he’s doing it all wrong As the Iran war veers in and out of apocalyptic brinkmanship, there are reasons … Continue reading

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The Icons: Gamble & Huff | Exclusive Savage Content Interview!

stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 10, 2026 The Icons: Gamble & Huff | Exclusive Savage Content Interview! stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 10, 2026

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Bret Stephens is a reliable Zionist political hack, yet the chatter he offered on April 7, 2026 is ‘cut and paste’! Reader think of the 659 pages of the long forgotten ‘The Bonfire of The Vanities’ ?

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 09, 2026 Headline: The Iranian Advantage Is an Illusion Editor: Even the utterly tepid Sherman McCoy as imagined by the long forgotten Tom Wolfe, captured the imaginations of America of circa 1987? But Stephens unremarkable chatter, is … Continue reading

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