5 Articles

Wednesday, April 4, 2007
The Real Face of War
(5 comments) War has been romanticized in innumerable books and movies, and made fortunes for those who exploited the subject well. (Clint Eastwood is still at it, among others, with his latest opus, Flags of Our Fathers, while movie and television tycoon Jerry Bruckheimer, of Top Gun fame, has willingly become a one-man propaganda ministry for the Pentagon). But war is ugly...obscenely so.

Saturday, March 17, 2007
Reflections on the legacy of Gore Vidal
As man for whom the inner workings of the system hold no mystery, Gore Vidal has repeatedly warned the nation about the impending slide toward fascism with a presidential facade-the coup from within. His words and his special plea to pay attention to the neutralization of the corporate media are especially relevant in our age of runaway crony imperialism.

Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Does capitalism equal human nature?
Does capitalism equal human nature? This is an old conservative propaganda chestnut that deserves to be exposed for the fraud that it is.

Saturday, February 3, 2007
He who says speciesism says fascism-
(2 comments) Urges the left to take a more active part in the fight against human chauvinism manifested in mind-boggling abuses against all non-human species

Saturday, February 3, 2007
THE HEROIC MUST BECOME THINKABLE (AGAIN)
A semi-humorous look at the rather flaccid activism that continues to characterize so much of our spectator nation.