I’m posting this piece, not because I agree with the author’s prescription for change, but because it illustrates the frustration so widely spread these days. Organizing “radical acts of civil disobedience to disrupt our current political system” will bring about … Continue reading →
I came across this most excellent analytical piece while reading responses to a blog post. Note well: this article was written in May, 2003, seven-and-one-half years ago. Tell me, is this an eerily prescient article or not? Sheldon Wolin is … Continue reading →
I’m on a temporary roll! I’ve posted pieces by Chris Hedges before, to cries of despair from some of my readers, who think that Mr. Hedges is too pessimistic and too dark. Perhaps he is, but we live in pessimistic … Continue reading →
I’ve not posted for a good while for two reasons: first, I’m exceedingly weary of the finger-pointing and the character assassination going on in the political arena and second, I’m weary of trying to enlighten otherwise reasonable people of the … Continue reading →
Recently, a friend sent me a list of neologisms that were the result of a contest that the Washington Post allegedly sponsored (not really true). One of the neologisms, bozone, struck me as being quite apropos of what took place … Continue reading →
I’m peripherally familiar with Frank Schaeffer – the man who, with his father, Francis Schaeffer, played an important role in the establishment of the Religious Right in the 1970s and 1980s. It wasn’t until I read Mark Morford’s article and … Continue reading →
Apparently, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stepped on some toes with his speech at the United Nations. France led the exodus, as twelve countries walked out while Ahmadinejad delivered what some sources called a “fiery” speech that addressed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, … Continue reading →
I’ve held off on posting the final part of Sara Robinson’s series of essays on fascism in America for fear of turning off my readers. The popular picture of fascism, with references to Hitler and Mussolini, just clashes too harshly … Continue reading →
A sentence from President George W. Bush’s address to Ms. Mostoller’s class at Alice Deal Junior High School in Washington, D.C. on October 1, 1991: “Write me a letter — and I’m serious about this one — write me a … Continue reading →
Strong words for a title, no doubt. But justified, I think. In the short 4 months that I took off from blogging (I didn’t visit my political links at all), I am just shocked at how sharply the environment has … Continue reading →