By Shoq, on March 8th, 2010
New America Foundation's Barry Lynn (author of Cornered), has a very important article in Washington Monthly called:
"Who Broke American Jobs."
In my view, all of our problems, from campaign financing, to media consolidation, to the government dysfunctionalism and hyper partisanship that is breaking down anything that ever made American a worthwhile
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By Shoq, on February 6th, 2010
This is the very essay I was going to try and tackle this week. These fine folks have done a superb job of writing it for me. You must read it, and then see my note that follows:
How To Do Effective Political Activism: What Always Worked And What Never Did — by Perkerson
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By Shoq, on January 23rd, 2010
Background
The Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission is seen by many as probably the most frightening and destructive decision in the history of the Supreme Court and the United States of America. Far worse than the Dred Scott decision, which was horrific and some believe led directly to the Civil War. Here is some reading
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By Shoq, on January 19th, 2010
I missed "Why this Decade Sucked," by Ed Edroso, back in December. Wish I hadn't. While it's over the top in spots, by and large, it's spot on, and reminds me of Norman Solomon's words in the mid 90s, when he quite rightly warned that the Internet would empower the status quo, while
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By Shoq, on October 24th, 2009
"I admit it — the liberal media were never that powerful, and the whole thing was often used as an excuse by conservatives for conservative failures." William Kristol, New Yorker, 5/22/95
Articles and Essays
The Price of the Liberal Media "Indeed, if an honest history of this era is ever written, one of
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By Shoq, on September 25th, 2009
Below is a short list of articles written which I feel every progressive, or at least people who still believe in reason and evolution, should read.
I have chosen them for their ability to cut through the clutter of academic and philosophical verbiage, and get right to higher truth about the insane and dangerous phenomenon of
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