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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

John Buridan’s Questions on Aristotle’s De anima—Iohannis Buridani Quaestiones in Aristotelis De Anima.

Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 13, 2025 John Buridan’s Questions on Aristotle’s De anima—Iohannis Buridani Quaestiones in Aristotelis De Anima: Reviewed by Jordan Lavender, Texas A&M University John Buridan, John Buridan’s Questions on Aristotle’s De anima—Iohannis Buridani Quaestiones in Aristotelis De … Continue reading

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Kier Starmer in trouble?

Newspaper Reader’s collection of ‘The Bad News’ stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 13, 2025 Headline: Keir Starmer’s Bafflingly Bad Start as the U.K.’s Prime Minister Sub-headline: The Labour government’s first hundred days in power have been characterized by mistakes, infighting, and drift. By … Continue reading

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The National takes the measure of Douglas Murray of November 12, 2023!

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 12, 2025 Editor: TheFreePress provides political space for Douglas Murray on ‘Grooming Gangs’ The world has finally woken up this week to one of the biggest crimes in twenty-first century Britain: the organized gang rape of thousands of … Continue reading

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On the news from @NYT that the President, of an utterly toxic American Empire, is a ‘Felon’. Neo-Con David Brooks opines on ‘The Character-Building Tool Kit’

Old Socialist on the ability of political hacks to remake themselves! Think of ‘The New Nixon’, as the toxic poltical example! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 10, 2025 Besides the Nixon example, look to former Neo-Conservatine , now Liberal, Francis Fukuyama: who once … Continue reading

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@NYT of January 10, 2025! The American Republic is owned by @AIPAC, New Democrats, Republicans & Neo-Consevatives!

Political Observer asks ‘What happened to ‘1776’ and its Genocidal Founders? stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 10, 2025

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Politico reports on Eric Adams additional legal problems.

Political Observer offers a selection from this report. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 09, 2025 Headline: DOJ says Eric Adams committed additional crimes Sub-headline: Prosecutors said in a recent filing they have additional evidence — though they have not filed a superseding indictment. … Continue reading

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The Financial Times: ©James Ferguson’s rapacious Russian Bear, with exposed talons and red eyes! Call it ‘The Sunday Comics’ for Oxbridgers?

Newspaper Reader confronts Gideon Rachman as NATO propagandist! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 08, 2025 The rapacious Russian Bear is the nightmare of ‘Europe’ : the hallowed remaines of the ghost of Jean Monnet’s Coal and Steel Cartel, of The Cold War years. As that … Continue reading

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Rachel Shabi’s telling commentary on The Charlie Hebdo Martyrs. Published January 16,2016!

Political Observer offers a telling portion of Rachel Shabi’s commentary! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 07, 2025 Headline: Charlie Hebdo free speech debate: Nobody is listening Sub-headline: The chilling attacks sparked a global debate about free speech and the right to offend. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2016/1/14/charlie-hebdo-free-speech-debate-nobody-is-listeningContinue reading

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The Financial Times 1/06/2025

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Elon Musk as Political Moralist: In The Independent.

Poltical Observer wonders at the power of The World’s Richist Man! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 06, 2025

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