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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

On V.S. Pritchett a writer/critic from another age, reviews ‘The Correspondence of Boris Pasternak and Olga Freidenberg, 1910-1954’.

Newspaper Reader recalls stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 27, 2025 Private Lives V.S. Pritchett August 12, 1982 issue Newspaper Reader.

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‘In The Tory Weeds’ with Robert Colvile!

Political Observer explores The Current Colvile Methodology! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 26, 2025 It takes a great deal of patience to find the central concern of Robert Colvile latest essay, hidden in the Tory Weeds, his retorical speciality: … On migration and … Continue reading

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@NYT’s David Brooks on the second election of Donald Trump.

Newspaper Reader comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 25, 2025 David Brooks’s political evolution from The Weekly Standard Neo-Con, and author of his ‘The Collapse of the Dream Palaces’ now avalable at the Washington Examiner site: The political evolution of Brooks as writer of not … Continue reading

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@tomfriedman’s letter to Trump of Jan. 21, 2025.

Newspaper Reader: Friedman’s saves his war mongering for last! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 21, 2025 Editor: Here is Friedman’s latest essay of a mere & compact 1,509 words, respectfully addressing President Trump. Dear President Trump: You may not be interested in Jewish … Continue reading

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A very selective reading of Martin Wolf, of 01/19/2025

Political Cynic’s offers a light rinse! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 20, 2025 Opinion: UK economy Headline: Britain’s situation remains fragile Sub-headline: The government must retain the confidence of its creditors https://www.ft.com/content/2890d3db-8bd1-4115-ba8a-612286123130 On January 13 2025, spreads between yields on 10-year gilts and … Continue reading

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Here is a copy of Tej Parikh and Keith Fray interminable essay on Joe Biden, shorn of its 9 Evocative Graphs!

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 20, 2025 Editor: The Reader of The Financial Times needn’t wonder about the political strategy of this Neo-Liberal/Neo-Conservative Hybrid! 1,248 words later The Reader realizes that this essay, shorn of its Techno-Chatter, allied to some scolding … Continue reading

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@FT on Biden Pardons: Anthony Fauci, Liz Cheney and Mark Milley.

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 20, 2025 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Added: 1/19/2025: Joe Biden Pardons Give Allies Potential 5th Amendment Headache Published Jan 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM EST https://newsweek.com/biden-pardons-liz-cheney-fauci-fifth-amendment-problem-2017786… PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS AND THE PROBLEM OF IMPUNITY Frank O. Bowman, III* https://nyujlpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/JLPP-23.2-Bowman.pdf…

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NYT poltical hacks: Healy,Douthat, Goldberg,Brooks screech in unison, almost!

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 19, 2025 Editor: This cadre of dullards, can’t face the Political Monster they, and the NBC Television Network, nurtured/created! Newspaper Reader.

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Patricia Lopez of Bloomberg on The Biden Legacy…

Newspaper Reader asks: In what World do Bloomberg and Patricial Lopez live! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 19, 2025 Editor: Here is a sample Lopez’s Presidential genuflecting, fully in tune with Bloomberg political dreck! In the twilight of his presidency, Joe Biden has … Continue reading

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Reposting: ‘My current Project: Excerpt from a reply to Francis Fukuyama’s essay ‘The Decay of American Political Institutions’ by Political Observer’

Posted on January 5, 2014 by stephenkmacksd stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 19, 2025 ‘One of the great turning points in 20th-century American history was the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, which overturned on constitutional grounds the 19th-century Plessy v. Ferguson case that … Continue reading

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