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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

Philippe Ricard of Le Monde, on Macron’s ‘bluster diplomacy’?

Newspaper Reader comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 24, 2024 Headline: Macron and the dangers of ‘bluster’ diplomacy Sub-headline: Despite the many setbacks he has encountered, the French president claims to still play a key role in what he considers to be his … Continue reading

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Bret Stephens offers a possible Diagnosis for the Kamala Harris defeat?

Old Socialist speculates. stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 24, 2024 The Reader has to wonder at the headline of this Bret Stephens political commentary, that seems to miss the very reason, the whole point of the Stephens essay: ‘There’s One Main Culprit if Donald … Continue reading

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edward.luce@ft.com shames the opportunistic Billionaires & names them ‘Croesus’…

Political Cynic on ‘The Panic Of The Elites’, Financial Times style! stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 22, 2024 Headline: What Croesus wants from Trump Sub-headline: Rather than turning to Harris, US billionaires are again backing the man they once condemned https://www.ft.com/content/1698fc6f-fc2d-49d9-afd1-84b33367fc98 I recall … Continue reading

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Startling Confessions ‘I can’t stay away from Janan Ganesh’…

Newspaper Reader comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 21, 2024 The first two paragraphs are steeped in the standard self-congratulation of Mr. Ganesh. He can’t quite get over his own cleverness, and wants The Reader to share in his self-revelation: ending in a … Continue reading

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Recall the good old days when Erwin Chemerinsky used to argue with Douglas W. Kmiec, on local Los Angeles radio?

Political Observer comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 20, 2024 Underneath the headline is this : By Erwin Chemerinsky Mr. Chemerinsky is the dean of the Berkeley School of Law at the University of California and the author of the book “No Democracy … Continue reading

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@jpremylemonde recites the Western Corporate Media’s ‘conventional wisdom’ on the death of Yahya Sinwar?

@jpremylemonde did not become ‘Jerusalem Correspondent’ for Le Monde, without being able to recite the Party Line, in all its various expressions! stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 20, 2024 Headline: Yahya Sinwar’s death opens a new phase in the war in Gaza Sub-headline: … Continue reading

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@tomfriedman & hyperbole!

Political Realist concentrates her attention on three iterations! stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 18, 2024 Editor: Iteration 1 :Reader concentrate your attention, on these three paragraphs of Mr. Friedman’s latest Foreign Policy Strategizing: of 10/15/2024 … Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., the former … Continue reading

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Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews are always worthy of your time and attention!

StephenKMackSD. stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 18, 2024 https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/nietzsches-legacy-ecce-homo-and-the-anti-christ-two-books-on-nature-and-politics/ StephenKMackSD

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Bret Stephens puts words in Kamala Harris’ mouth?

Old Socialist comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 17, 2024 Editor: Mr. Stephens abandons the Zionist Faschist State propaganda, for the moment, to offer Kamala Harris a speech she will never deliver: her Team would need to re-write it, to expunge from this pretentious analysis, … Continue reading

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@JosephAddington’s romance with an Argentine despot!

Queer Atheist comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 16, 2024 Let me state my prejudice forthrightly: I spent four years in Coming-out Group in Long Beach, California. What was so arresting was that so many of the attendees were Mormon, and for the … Continue reading

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