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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

The Economist offers Zanny Minton Beddoes, Edward Carr & Binyamin Netanyahu! (Revised)

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 12, 2026 Editor: Reader Note that Binyamin Netanyahu is a defendent in The Iternational Criminal Court Case: The particulars below: About Defendant Mr Benjamin Netanyahu, born on 21 October 1949, Prime Minister of Israel at the … Continue reading

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The Financial Times celebrates ‘North American Innovative Lawyers’?

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 12, 2026 Editor: Reader note the publication dates of these various essays! Kissing Lawyering ass has become part of the Financial Times political repertoire ! … Reena SenGupta, PublishedDec 8 2025 Suzi Ring, PublishedDec 8 2025 Oliver Barnes, PublishedDec … Continue reading

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Editor: On the utter absence of commentary on American’s internal Civil War? Iranian Political Hysteria Mongering earns First Cabin @FT!

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 11, 2026 Newspaper Reader.

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David Brooks and Reinhold Niebuhr: A selection of my comments on Niebuhr, under various guises!

stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 10, 2026 David Brooks infatuation with Reinhold Niebuhr is equal to Brooks impersination of the very tallented Mario Buatta the Princed Chintz? With apologies to the very talented Mr. Buatta. Mr. Brooks does not write political commentary, but … Continue reading

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With the Ukraine War coming to a bloody conclusion & Trumps conquest of Venezuela just beginning, and the Internal Rebellion against Trump’s Thugs in America Streets?

Political Observer : Is now the propitious moment for Scott Anderson beat the War Drum against Iran! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 10, 2026 Headline: Scott Anderson on Why Iran’s Real Revolution Might Be Coming Sub-headline: Yascha Mounk and Scott Anderson discuss how … Continue reading

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The Economist is led by Zanny Menton Beddoes and her cadre of Neo-Faschist!

Political Observer on the Judicial Murder of Renee Nicole Good, that has pricked the conscience of these Trump Fellow Travelers! Under the rubric of ‘Acting without restraint’ ! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 08, 2026 Editor: The final paragraphs of this – what … Continue reading

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Adrian Blomfield of ‘The Telegraph’ searches for a Trump victory against ‘Putin The Terrible’?

Editor: Blomfield spies a Western Victory of a sort? Is Putin unable to render this attack moot? Is the Nuclear-Capable Oreshnik Hypersonic Missiles a possible way out for Putin? stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 08, 2026 How Trump humiliated Putin on the high … Continue reading

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The New York Times gives resident Professional War Monger Bret Stephens all the space he requires, to celebrate ‘The Demise Of The American Republic’ in its latest Trumpian iteration?

Newspaper Reader opines that Stephens is the natural sucessor to that British scoundrel Andrew Sullivan! Neither served in any Army, but both are acolytes Ernst Jünger ‘Storm of Steel’! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 07, 2026 Editor: Here are the final paragraphs of … Continue reading

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Mark Zuckerberg meets DER SPIEGEL.

Newspaper Reader shares some of the wealth! stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 06, 2026 … Zuckerberg has continually promised improvement. And afterward, he has always grown wealthier. More powerful. And his business has continually grown even more questionable. In fact, as internal documents … Continue reading

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The perpetual political hysteria of Jonathan Turley, or The Sky Is Falling! …

Political Observer wonders how Zohran Mamdani’s won the election, even after Eric Adams was pardoned by Trump. Zohran Mamdani won the election by 200,000 votes! What does that mean? stephenkmacksd.com/ Jan 06, 2026

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