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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 the propinquity of great minds: Janan Ganesh explores & Taegan Goddard endorses ‘The Madman Theory?

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 08, 2026

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The Financial Times of 4/7/2026

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 07, 2026 Newspaper Reader.

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On the question of what happened to the once ascendent Liberals, that were in both the Republican & Democratic Parties?

Mario Savio provides some valuable context from 2 December 1964! stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 06, 2026 Is ‘Breaking Poinst’ the latest iteration of reinvigorated ‘Liberalism’ ? that has managed to carve a place for itself, within a strata of the overeucated graduates, whose chatter … Continue reading

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The Financial Times of 4/6/2026!

Newspaper Reader’s quick sketch. stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 06, 2026 Newspaper Reader’s quick sketch.

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Michael Tomasky is the perenial New Democrat whose nose is always up the Clintions …

Old Socialist. stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 06, 2026 Headline: You Can Smell It Now: The Trump Presidency Is in Total Free Fall Sub-headline: A loyal army of followers, a huge disinformation network, and a party of soul-selling cowards can crowd out facts … Continue reading

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The Political/Morel World of Janan Ganesh is construted of usable fragments, that facinates a readership, that is addicted to Fools Gold in a shiney plasticine wrapper!

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 03, 2026 FT’s Janan Ganesh: Businessman Trump learns not everyone has a price The great cynic did not expect Iran to fight out of conviction Editor BizNews Published on: 02 Apr 2026, 3:47 am By Janan Ganesh … Continue reading

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Oren Cass encounters the wrath of his readership, in The Financial Times!

Newspaper Reader stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 02, 2026 A year has passed since President Donald Trump appeared in the White House Rose Garden to announce sweeping tariffs on US imports. “Liberation day” marked a dramatic turning point for the international economic system … Continue reading

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Death penalty for Palestinians accused of ‘terrorist’ murder continues Israeli government’s downward spiral!

Editorial Le Monde: The law, passed Monday by the Israeli parliament, tramples on the ideal stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 02, 2026 Death penalty for Palestinians accused of ‘terrorist’ murder continues Israeli government’s downward spiral Editorial Le Monde The law, passed Monday by … Continue reading

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On the perpetual belicosity of Bret Stephens, who needs to be nourished by careful tending of his readership will to believe!

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Apr 02, 2026 Editor: The reader has to explore the mind set of Bret Stephens! in his capacity as a fellow traveler of the Zionist Entity, so the circuitous route is an attempe to blind the reader … Continue reading

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Kier Starmer in a panic: To silence Karl Turner, Labour Member of Parliament etc.?

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Mar 31, 2026 Starmer’s Labour Suspends Critic as Premier Girds for Challenge Keir Starmer Photographer: Tolga Akmen/EPA/Bloomberg By Alex Wickham March 31, 2026 at 6:23 AM PDT Keir Starmer’s governing Labour Party suspended an ardent critic in a … Continue reading

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