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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/03/AR2011020305173.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions             The Good Doctor (TGD) reminds us that he is an inveterate paternalist, if we ever could have entertained such a doubt. He is also given to breathtakingly reductionist historical snap-shots, arranged a la David Hockney, to produce a … Continue reading →

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/opinion/01brooks.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Cockeyed Platonist (CP) titles his latest political essay ‘The Quest for Dignity’. His penchant for the overarching abstraction, the form of his thought, his intellectual modus vivendi is again manifested. We are treated to this argumentative reductionism, again, in … Continue reading →

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-02-01/egypt-protests-prove-george-w-bush-doctrine-right/ Civic Mechanic (CM) presents us here with a collection of random thoughts and intellectual cliches quickly stitched together into an ill fitting garment. It is misshapen, baggy and full of holes especially where the seams show. Bad construction with … Continue reading →

via gothamist.com The Public Library is the cornerstone of a vibrant intellectual life of this republic. Public institutions are essential to our civic life. The Civil Service Worker is an indispensable part of our lives,made richer by their presence and … Continue reading →

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/02/AR2011020205042.html The Great Will (TGW) adopts the rhetorical guise of reportage in his extended and seemingly unapologetic press release for candidate Rick Santorum: titled ‘Rick Santorum’s appeal to the GOP base’. The obvious question for a political cynic like me … Continue reading →

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via businessinsider.com America loves political reactionaries, so much so, that we like to import the most impressive of the breed to write for our newspapers and teach in our most prestigious universities. Here is Pretty Boy Reactionary (PBR) sowing the … Continue reading →

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http://www.ffcoalition.com/2011/02/02/elbaradei-compares-terrorist-group-to-evangelicals-and-orthodox-jews/ The power of the American Hegemon is waning and the supporters of that old order cling to their illusions of moral/political supremacy, as if it were a generation ago. The American Lekudniks and their political allies cannot admit their … Continue reading →

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