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Former college professor, native and denizen of New York City. Blogging at www.thepolemicist.net, from a left-socialist perspective. Also publishing on Counterpunch, The Greanville Post, Medium, Dandelion Salad, and other sites around the net. Frequent guest on the radio shows Loud & Clear, The Critical Hour, Political Misfits, and Fault Lines.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015
The Invisible Woman: Dorothy Thompson Didn't "Quake in Fear" SHARE
-Obama quoted her inspirational words about "the exercise of liberty" at the White House correspondents' dinner.
-She was an early critic of the Nazis and the first reporter to be expelled by Hitler.
-She was the second most admired woman in the US after Eleanor Roosevelt.
-She was the model for the Katharine Hepburn character in "Woman of the Year."
-She was one of the most respected and celebrated 20th-century American journalists, male or female.
-She was married to well-known American author Sinclair Lewis.
She is a "fascinating woman who deserves to be an icon of the feminist movement." Yet today she is "unknown and unremembered... rarely, if ever, mentioned as an important female historical figure."
To see why you've never heard of her (and it's the same reason so much else has been, and still is, deliberately hidden from us), read this post from Mondoweiss.
The Invisible Woman: Dorothy Thompson Didn't "Quake in Fear" SHARE
-Obama quoted her inspirational words about "the exercise of liberty" at the White House correspondents' dinner.
-She was an early critic of the Nazis and the first reporter to be expelled by Hitler.
-She was the second most admired woman in the US after Eleanor Roosevelt.
-She was the model for the Katharine Hepburn character in "Woman of the Year."
-She was one of the most respected and celebrated 20th-century American journalists, male or female.
-She was married to well-known American author Sinclair Lewis.
She is a "fascinating woman who deserves to be an icon of the feminist movement." Yet today she is "unknown and unremembered... rarely, if ever, mentioned as an important female historical figure."
To see why you've never heard of her (and it's the same reason so much else has been, and still is, deliberately hidden from us), read this post from Mondoweiss.
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
The Dogs of Hell: An Original Jihadi Trashes ISIS SHARE
To get a glimpse of the kind of thinking that is prevalent in the region, and prevalent even among fellow jihadis, about ISIS, I strongly suggest that you look at the remarkable interview with Nabeel Naiem on Syria News at this link. I don't endorse his theories about ISIS, or anything else he says, but if you're interested in the dynamics of jihadism and jihadi thinking in the region, and of how even the most militant Islamists detest ISIS, you're unlikely to find anything like it.
The Dogs of Hell: An Original Jihadi Trashes ISIS SHARE
To get a glimpse of the kind of thinking that is prevalent in the region, and prevalent even among fellow jihadis, about ISIS, I strongly suggest that you look at the remarkable interview with Nabeel Naiem on Syria News at this link. I don't endorse his theories about ISIS, or anything else he says, but if you're interested in the dynamics of jihadism and jihadi thinking in the region, and of how even the most militant Islamists detest ISIS, you're unlikely to find anything like it.
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Saturday, August 30, 2014
Gaza, Israel, and America: Crime and Demolishment SHARE
Leaving aside for a moment the slaughter of thousands of civilians, the other tiny little thing we might notice, as the people of Detroit are being deprived of water, is that all of this deliberate destruction of civilian infrastructure and neighborhoods at Israel's whim is only possible because Israel knows that the United States of America will pay for the destruction and (along with Europe) for the rebuilding
Gaza, Israel, and America: Crime and Demolishment SHARE
Leaving aside for a moment the slaughter of thousands of civilians, the other tiny little thing we might notice, as the people of Detroit are being deprived of water, is that all of this deliberate destruction of civilian infrastructure and neighborhoods at Israel's whim is only possible because Israel knows that the United States of America will pay for the destruction and (along with Europe) for the rebuilding
Monday, February 18, 2013
CIA Director convicted of torture charges! Not. But Italy's Spy Chief is. SHARE
No, it can't happen here, but it does happen in countries that actually have an independent judiciary.
"This entire case reveals vital facts about the culture of impunity for high-level officials that prevails in the US even when they commit the most egregious crimes:"
CIA Director convicted of torture charges! Not. But Italy's Spy Chief is. SHARE
No, it can't happen here, but it does happen in countries that actually have an independent judiciary.
"This entire case reveals vital facts about the culture of impunity for high-level officials that prevails in the US even when they commit the most egregious crimes:"
