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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

WWIII awaites @NYT of November 18, 2024!

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 18, 2024

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Robert Colvile of Sunday November 10 2024, 12.01am, The Sunday Times: The Defence of Free Schools!

Newspaper Reader , with the assistance of Queer Atheist, on the Biblical Quotation! stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 17, 2024 After Mr. Colvile’s defence of ‘Free Schools’ in the Times of last week and his advocacy as Director of : Robert Colvile, Director … Continue reading

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The Economist’s Book recomendations of Nov 15, 2024.

Newspaper Reader comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 16, 2024 What has happened to the once ascendent Oxbridgers at The Economist? The first paragraph of these book recomendations/reviews read as if it were in The Telegraph! Editor: The opening parqagraphs of this essay: … Continue reading

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The New York Times of November 14, 2024: cameo’s from Thomas Friedman & the bellicose Leon Aron.

Political Observer posts the latest NYT Zionist Propaganda! stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 14, 2024 NYT latest Zionist Propganda, with a cameo by Thomas Friedman & Russia expert Leon Aron, from the American Enterprise Institute: The Marriage of Zionist Propaganda & perennial Neo-Conservartive … Continue reading

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Under the rubric: Let Justice be done though the Heavens Fall?

Political Cynic. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 13, 2024 Legal Jury awards Abu Ghraib detainees $42M, holds contractor responsible The three plaintiffs testified that they were subjected to beatings, sexual abuse, forced nudity and other cruel treatment at the prison. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/12/abu-ghraib-detainees-awarded-00189058 By Associated … Continue reading

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Francis Fukuyama counsils Elon Musk,in the pages of ‘Persuasion’ .

Political Observer comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 12, 2024 Editor : The Reader must recall the auspicios debut of Francis Fukuyama? What Is Fukuyama Saying? And to Whom Is He Saying It? By James Atlas Oct. 22, 1989 … In Fukuyama’s interpretation, … Continue reading

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Reading Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison’s ‘Objectivity’was both revelatory & enlightening: it’s about the evolution of a practice over time! This, probably too simplistic!

StephenKMackSD stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 11, 2024 Here are Alex Pleshkov and Jan Surma interviewing Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison on ‘Objectivety’ : Objectivity https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9781890951795/objectivity?srsltid=AfmBOopZZd8highLnjuQiW_nbaUCDTFqe5CPz9e-KFAiZA-poYDtJXZU StephenKMackSD

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Michael Shellenberger: The Neo-Conservative Obsession with Crime!

Old Socialist comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 11, 2024 Headline: Michael Shellenberger: Californians Finally Get Serious on Crime Sub-headline: On Tuesday, voters decided to trust their own eyes. What took so long? By Michael Shellenberger November 8, 2024 Mr. Shellenberger rabble rousing attack on ‘progressives’ is … Continue reading

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Adam Roberts ‘Digital Editor’ of The Economist today.

In my email this morning, November 10, 2024: Newspaper Reader stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 10, 2024 The Economist today A Sunday edition of our daily newsletter ( November 10, 2024) Adam RobertsDigital editor Hello from London, I’ve just returned from watching a momentous … Continue reading

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Le Monde’s ‘Political Centrism’ makes war on the ‘French Radical Left’, via New Democrat Kamala Harris.

Newspaper Reader: French Political Centrism meets a collapsed American Neo-Liberalism? stephenkmacksd.com/ Nov 10, 2024 Headline: In Harris’s defeat, French radical left sees proof supporting its strategy Sub-headline: Members of France’s radical left see Donald Trump’s victory as a failure due … Continue reading

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