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Ending the War on Drugs: The Story of Howard Wooldridge
Saddling Up for LegalizationBy Tom Moates / January 2009 “Cops say, ‘Legalize Pot,’ ask me why.” The big plain letters spelling this message across an otherwise basic T-shirt popped out at the onlooker, and were easily discernable at considerable distance … Continue reading
A Compendium of Leftist Children’s Literature
“Mr. His,” by A. Redfield (a k a Syd Hoff), 1939. From “Tales for Little Rebels.”Children of the Left, Unite!By Caleb Crain / January 9, 2009 Financial behemoths have been nationalized. The government is promising to spend liberally to combat … Continue reading
Ten Reasons for Optimism About 2009
10 Reasons to be Hopeful about 2009, and 3 Reasons to be TerrifiedBy Sarah van Gelder / December 31, 2008 We’re entering a new year at a time unlike any other in recent memory. Here are 10 reasons I’m filled … Continue reading
Lisa Sanchez Gonzalez : The Real Problem of the 21st Century
30 Rock’s Kenneth the page (Jack McBrayer): “What about white men?” I would go as far as to say that the defining problem of the 21st-century United States is not, as W.E.B. DuBois claimed of the 20th, the “color line.” … Continue reading
Leaving Las Vegas : Can We Say Goodbye to Catalysmic Consumption and Hedonism?
Lake Mead: Beautiful but shrinking. Photo by Ron Niebrugge / Niebrugge Images.‘Will we finally accept the public policy and lifestyle changes that the real world now requires? Or will “Viva Las Vegas” always be America’s motto?’By David Sirota / December … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Consumer Culture, Ecology, Energy Crisis, Environment, Las Vegas
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Granny D : Fear is a Humbug
‘This society has run its course. We the people have long been ready for fresh growth, greener growth, scaled more to the needs of human beings and their communities.’By Doris “Granny D” Haddock [These remarks are excerpted from a speech … Continue reading
Wanted : Dialogue on the Great Depression of 2009
How prepared are Americans today to cope, adjust, improvise, and to help one another as things really get tough in the coming year or two? Could really bad times that go on and on bring about a forced reset of … Continue reading
No Place Like Home (For the Holidays) : When You’ve Got One
Americans now losing their homes to the mortgage crisis and the millions more, like us, who have fallen prey to the healthcare crisis in this nation are losing far more than just an address or an extra bedroom or a … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Christmas, Economic Crisis, Foreclosures, Homeless
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Hunter Thompson Speaks From the Grave
Jerome Doolittle here pulls a Hunter Thompson gem out of the historical hat. It reminds us once again of the utter brilliance that was Hunter S. Thompson, how absolutely on target he was no matter how bizarre his poesy and … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, George McGovern, Hunter S. Thompson, Presidency, Richard Nixon
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The Taqwacores: Giving Young Muslim Americans a Connection to Reality
Michael Muhammad Knight, the author of “The Taqwacores,” which a college professor has called “The Catcher in the Rye” for young Muslims. Photo: David Ahntholz for The New York Times.Young Muslims Build a Subculture on an Underground BookBy Christopher Maag … Continue reading
