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Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 04, 2026 Cockeyed Platonist and “The New Humanism” Posted on March 8, 2011 by stephenkmacksd http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/opinion/08brooks.html?_r=1&src=ISMR_HP_LO_MST_FB Cockeyed Platonist (CP) posits ‘The New Humanism’, whatever that might be. How does he define his re-imagination of this concept? Is it both … Continue reading →

stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 03, 2026 Palantir CEO PANICS ON AIR About Wealth Tax

https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-revival-of-pragmatism stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 03, 2026 Post-Contemporary Interventions More about this series Book Pages: 464 Illustrations: 5 photographs Published: November 1998 Editor: Morris Dickstein Contributors: Morris Dickstein, Richard Rorty, Hilary Putnam, Sidney Morgenbesser, Ruth Anna Putnam, Stanley Cavell, James T. Kloppenberg, Robert Westbrook, Richard J. Bernstein, Nancy Fraser, Ross Posnock, Hans Joas, Alan Wolfe, John Patrick … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 03, 2026 Editor: A selection of the political chatter of the Centirst’s/Centrist! Survey: Democrats Turning Heavily in Favor of Socialism For many of us who were raised in liberal, Democratic families, the infusion of socialist, anti-free-speech, … Continue reading →

‘How Do We Manage China’s Decline?’ & … stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 02, 2026 How Do We Manage China’s Decline?’ & … Posted on August 31, 2023 by stephenkmacksd Political Cynic breathes deep, and chokes, on the incense burnt in the names of misbegotten expertise. … Continue reading →

John Crace. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 02, 2026 The home crowd swooned to Andy’s mood music, even if some of it could have been a Keir cover version Mon 29 Jun 2026 10.39 EDT https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/29/peoples-history-museum-andy-burnham-labour-speech There’s no pleasing some people. For most … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 02, 2026 Discussions of American power are prone to hyperbole. In his first inauguration speech, in 2017, Donald Trump lamented “American carnage”. In his second, in 2025, he declared that “America will reclaim its rightful place … Continue reading →

Never before has a German government been this unpopular after only one year in office as that of Chancellor Friedrich Merz. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 02, 2026 Never before has a German government been this unpopular after only one year in office … Continue reading →

Almost Marx comments Posted on November 12, 2016 by stephenkmacksd stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 01, 2026 Beware the Straussians! Intellectual bloat, windy and self-serving re-descriptions of the past, the political present and predictions on our collective, benighted future, by the stern guiding … Continue reading →

Newspaper Reader. stephenkmacksd.com/ Jul 01, 2026 In May 1944, Learned Hand delivered a brief but timeless address in New York on “the spirit of liberty.” Freedom, the great Second Circuit jurist warned, cannot be safeguarded by constitutions, laws or courts. Nor can … Continue reading →