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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

Robert D. Kaplan, Zionist Fellow Traveler, in the pages of The New Statesman.

Posted on October 3, 2024 by stephenkmacksd

Political Observer wonder’s at the political desperation of a Technocrat. stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 03, 2024 Headline: The fury of history Sub-headline: There can be no peace until there is regime change inside Iran. https://www.newstatesman.com/cover-story/2024/10/the-fury-of-history Mr. Kaplan makes no secret that he … Continue reading →

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The A-Historical Bret Stephens @NYT never surprises!

Posted on October 3, 2024 by stephenkmacksd

Political Observer. stephenkmacksd.com/ Oct 02, 2024 It’s impossible for Bret Stephens to face the unpalatable reality that The West’s proxy’s Kermit Roosevelt & Anglo-Iranian Oil Company overthrew Mohammad Mossadegh, and placed the Shah in power. SAVAK (Organization of National Security … Continue reading →

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David Bromwich in two keys, in the same octave!

Posted on October 2, 2024 by stephenkmacksd

Political Observer comments. Here is my commentary on Mr. Bromwich’s American Breakdown in 2018 in The London Review of Books : The ‘insights’ of david.bromwich@yale.edu : a collection of quotes and commentary on his London Review of Books essay ‘American Breakdown’. Part One? By … Continue reading →

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George Parker, Lucy Fisher and Stephen Bush @FT vs John Crace @TheGuardian

Posted on October 1, 2024 by stephenkmacksd

Political Observer comments. stephenkmacksd.com/ Sep 29, 2024 FT Headline: Sunak warns Tories they risk marginalization if divisions persist Sub-headline: Former prime minister urges Conservatives to unite behind who succeeds him as party leader https://www.ft.com/content/ee928d9c-983e-437e-ba7d-d43c55838b87 Some quotations from the article: “When … Continue reading →

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Le Monde on the continuing French Crisis? As reported by @sderoyer & @FFressoz.

Posted on October 1, 2024 by stephenkmacksd

Political Observer provides two Le Monde commentaries. Editor: I will not pretend that I have done nothing more that provide the links, to these two Le Monde Opinion commentaries. The Reader need only look at the compelling evidence that Macron … Continue reading →

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About the self-willed forgetting of Le Monde & its reporters @gatinois4 and @alexandrepedro!

Posted on September 22, 2024 by stephenkmacksd

Political Reporter on Barnier’s conservatism, that ’tilts to the right’ : is a well established fact? Headline: French PM Barnier’s still-to-be-approved government tilts to the right Sub-headline: Michel Barnier handed President Macron his cabinet line-up on Thursday. According to the … Continue reading →

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The Reader has to catch her breath, as Sociologist Nonna Mayer advocates ‘curbing’ Marine Le Pen’s party, while Anti-Democrat Macron escapes her notice?

Posted on September 21, 2024 by stephenkmacksd

Old Socialist reads a Le Monde made to order diatribe, that undercuts itself! Editor: The reader has to approach Nonna Mayer’s essay with more than skepticism! Headline: The political crisis since the dissolution marks a new stage in the RN’s … Continue reading →

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Adam Roberts at The Economist opines: ‘Why the West shouldn’t be afraid to confront Putin’!

Posted on September 21, 2024 by stephenkmacksd

Political Observer wonders what are Mr. Roberts’s qualifications to utter such an irresponsible, indeed bellicose pronouncement? Editor: Here is the portion of Mr. Roberts essay devoted to Vladimir Putin and the American and EU War in Ukraine. Mr. Roberts come … Continue reading →

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The exhumation of Michel Houellebecq @FT & @thetimes!

Posted on September 21, 2024 by stephenkmacksd

American Writer wonders at the dregs of French Literature! Magdalena Miecznicka provides… The Reader can’t exactly call it gush, or even mistaken adoration, but it resembles in an odd way the Edward Luce interview of Henry Kissinger! Although Magdalena Miecznicka offers … Continue reading →

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The anguish of Ravi Agrawal!

Posted on September 21, 2024 by stephenkmacksd

Political Observer: Foreign Policy is/are active agents for The American National Security State. ‘X’ ‘s Long Telegram was the last important essay it published! This showed up in my e mail today: 9/09/2024 I have a confession to make. I feel … Continue reading →

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