Last month the International Monetary Fund issued a report admitting that neoliberalism – the economic philosophy which has driven Western capitalism for decades – has been a failure. The report, “Neoliberalism: Oversold?” strikes at the core of this evil ideology and echoes what critics of neoliberalism have been saying all along: instead of delivering economic […]
Americans are incapable of reflecting on their terribly unhealthy relationship with guns. Guns are akin to a sexual fetish in America. A fetish cannot be cured or reflected upon. Gun fetishism is the culture America created as a way of reinforcing white supremacy through force. You can’t reflect on the role of guns in our […]
The Dome of the rock sits on the most controversial piece of land in the world. The Dome itself is situated on a disputed area in the middle of Jerusalem in the very center of Israel. Centuries of conflict have enveloped this tiny sanctuary. The Dome is at the center of a current, ongoing military and religious conflict. Just […]
The American Dream has become The American Nightmare for most people. One of the problems is that many of us can’t see – or aren’t old enough to remember – how much of that dream has slipped away over the past 50 years. Where to Invade Next? is filmmaker Michael Moore’s personal indictment of contemporary […]
A major argument against any form of truly democratic government (one person = one vote) is that The Masses aren’t knowledgeable enough to decide on the best way to govern. Initially, the Founding Fathers in the USA decided it was reasonable to allow only land owning – i.e., elite people – a vote. But history […]
In my younger days, I was a bit of a hot-head. I’m the first one to admit that I used to get angry about a lot of really dumb stuff – enraged, even. About pointless, meaningless crap. Several years ago I was given the nickname “The Rage” by one of my co-workers. I never got […]
I’m against flu shots and most vaccines. I guess that makes me some kinda ‘anti-vax’ conspiracy nutcase. I’m 53 years old and I’ve never voluntarily had a flu shot, I admit it. But I am also healthier than most people my age. I just think that getting an ill-vetted vaccine each season is not a […]
In the years following World War II the United States had many economic ties with Cuba. Most involved human exploitation and criminal activity in some way. The Mob moved in and legalized gambling in an attempt to lure American tourists. Prostitution and illegal narcotics were also promoted on the island. The tourist industry flourished. The […]
The United States is the last country in the world which should be speaking out about human rights abuses when it continues to torture people at military bases and inside its military, federal, and state prisons across the country. The US has the world’s largest prison population by a huge margin. There are nearly 2.2 […]
The Saga of the Greenlanders and the The Saga of Eirik the Red tell of the Viking discovery of North America. The two accounts were written independently, but the stories are ‘interlaced’ (they reference each other). Both tell of events which took place in the early 11th century and passed down by word of mouth […]
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