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“No child of the republic will be abandoned.” Francois Hollande

Posted on May 7, 2012 by stephenkmacksd

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/06/francois-hollande-becomes-french-…  

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Alan Johnson and The Perennial American Hysteria? Or on Zizek The Magnificent

Posted on May 6, 2012 by stephenkmacksd

Professor Johnson may be British but he is adept at a faithful ventriloquism of the Cold War American specialty of hysterical anti-communism. And the thoughtful reader only viewed Rep. Alan West as just another No-Nothing political opportunist in the mode … Continue reading →

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Ross Douthat constructs a myth of decadence,with Japan at it’s center by Political Observer

Posted on May 5, 2012 by stephenkmacksd

The Ultramontane Catholic opinionator and Republican Conservative Ross Douthat , in his latest essay in the New York Times titled Incredible Shrinking Country, directs his attention to that once great engine of forward thinking and innovative Capital,Japan. An introduction is … Continue reading →

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An amuse-gueule from Howard Davies by Political Cynic

Posted on May 4, 2012 by stephenkmacksd

Howard Davies, a Professor at the Institute of Political Studies(Sciences PO), is the author of an essay in the TLS of April 27,2012 titled Triple A Trouble. A review of two books: Finance and The Good Society by Robert Shiller … Continue reading →

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The Return of the Subject: LSE Public Lecture, Podcast

Posted on May 3, 2012 by stephenkmacksd

http://www2.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/publicLecturesAndEv…  

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Democracies can stop predatory financiers – Argentina and Bolivia are showing how by Richard Drayton

Posted on May 3, 2012 by stephenkmacksd

Thank you to leninology for link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/02/democracies-stop-predator…  

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Edward Luce sounds the alarm: The neocons are back vying for a seat in the White House by Political Cynic

Posted on April 30, 2012 by stephenkmacksd

At the utterly respectable Financial Times, Mr. Edward Luce's latest essay sounds the alarm at the possibility of the election of Mitt Romney to the office of President. It isn't so much the completely pliable politics of Mr. Romney, to … Continue reading →

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Lexington answers the rhetorical question: Are the Republicans mad? by Political Cynic

Posted on April 29, 2012 by stephenkmacksd

Dear Lexington, Your recent essay Are the Republicans mad? reeks of contempt and disdain: of an Olympian view of the great politically unwashed: Messrs. Mann, Ornstein and Norquist. How very clever of you to find a contempt and disdain that … Continue reading →

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The New Deal didn’t work! David Brooks aided by Jim Manzi makes the argument.

Posted on April 28, 2012 by stephenkmacksd

Here are the opening paragraphs that pass as arguments in David Brooks latest essay in the New York Times grotesquely titled Is Our Adults Learning. Is it humor? "In 2009, we had a big debate about whether to pass a … Continue reading →

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David Brooks on The Malleability of The Capitalist Paradigm by Political Observer

Posted on April 25, 2012 by stephenkmacksd

The Creative Monopoly is the title of the David Brooks essay of April 22, 2012 a title that speaks volumes about the inflated yet prosaic thought of Mr. Brooks. He can take the subject of creativity and render it almost … Continue reading →

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