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Lamar W. Hankins : Callous Republicans Emulate Scrooge Regarding Helping the Needy
Art from Sodahead. Republicans want a countryScrooge would have loved Republicans are unwilling to accept that our founders viewed the collective efforts of the people, through the government, to include providing for “the general welfare.” By Lamar W. Hankins | … Continue reading
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Tagged Ebenezer Scrooge, Farm Bill, General Welfare, Great Depression, Lamar W. Hankins, Public Food Assistance, SNAP
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Norman Pagett : Cheap Food, Our Grand Illusion
It takes oil, and lots of it, to move our food. Image from Center for a Liveable Future. Cheap food, our grand illusion We built an industrial civilization on cheap oil, but now we’ve burned it all. We only have … Continue reading
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Tagged End of More, Food Production, Fossil Fuels, Norman Pagett, Peak Oil, Scarcity, Sustainable Food
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Harvey Wasserman : Fukushima Continues to Spew its Darkness
House in Fukushima. Image from ABC News. Still on the brink:Fukushima continues to spew its darkness A pool containing many tons of highly radioactive used fuel is suspended 100 feet in the air… Should an earthquake or other trauma knock … Continue reading
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Tagged Environment, Fukushima, Harvey Wasserman, Japan, Nuclear Accidents, Nuclear Power
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Michael James : Pledging Allegiance in 1961
Pledging allegiance, Westport, Connecticut, 1961. Photo by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James‘ Pictures from the Long Haul. Pictures from the Long Haul:Pledging allegiance inWestport, Connecticut in 1961 Westport is where I learned to love America, where … Continue reading
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Tagged Memoir, Michael James, nostalgia, Pictures from the Long Haul, Sixties
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Jean Trounstine : The Plight of California’s Prisons
Cruel and unusual: Overcrowded California prisons. Image from TheBusySignal.com. The plight of California’s prisons: Hunger strike, sterilization, and valley fever While we complain of 100 degree heat and take solace in our air-conditioned homes, prisoners across the country are suffering … Continue reading
Lamar W. Hankins : Texas Sen. Donna Campbell’s Dishonesty on Abortion
Texas Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, speaks to an anti-abortion group outside the state capitol in Austin, Monday, July 1, 2013. Photo by Eric Gay / AP. Extremism trumps libertarian views: Donna Campbell’s dishonesty on abortion Campbell allows her extremist … Continue reading
Tom Hayden : Trayvon Martin and the Super-Predator Myth
Photo by Joshua Trujillo / AP Images / SeattlePI.com The super-predator myth: Trayvon died for our sins The evidence of a violently divided America can be understood in the failure of the criminal justice system, where rationality and objectivity are … Continue reading
Alan Waldman: ‘Jonathan Creek’ is Clever Brit Whodunnit Series Featuring an Illusionist
Waldman’s film and TVtreasures you may have missed: Alan Davies’s character solves locked-room mysteries and many other crimes with seemingly inexplicable aspects. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | July 22, 2013 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Davies, Alan Waldman, British Television, Criticism, Jonathan Creek
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HISTORY / Bob Feldman : A People’s History of Egypt, Part 3, 1805-1849
Muhammad Ali Pasha, Ottoman ruler of Egypt. Painting by Auguste Couder, 1841 / Wikimedia Commons. A people’s history: The movement to democratize Egypt Part 3: 1805-1849 period — The autocratic rule of Muhammad Ali Pasha. By Bob Feldman | The … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Feldman, Muhammad Ali Pasha, Ottoman Empire, People's History of Egypt, World History
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Jay D. Jurie : ‘Approved Killing’ in Florida
Emmett Till, left, and Trayvon Martin. Image from Tumblr. Intimations of Emmett Till: A ‘shocking story of approved killing’ in Florida Today the pre-1960s explicit racial ‘code’ has been supplanted by the implicit code upon which ‘profiling’ is based. By Jay … Continue reading
Tom Hayden : Is Obama Really in Control?
This plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales was forced to land in Vienna despite Obama’s earlier comment that he “wouldn’t scramble jets against a 29 year old hacker.” Photo by Andres Gutierrez / AP. Refs being ‘worked’? Does Obama control … Continue reading
