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Cole: Financial Trouble in the Newspaper Industry
The End of Newspapers? Or is there a Journalism School Model?By Juan Cole / March 1, 2009 You wonder if the last front page article in the last newspaper will be about the demise of the newspaper? I especially regret … Continue reading
Bageant Goes Trippin’
Skinny Dipping in Reality: A coot’s account of the great hippie LSD enlightenment search partyBy Joe Bageant / February 17, 2009 There’s nothing better that 250 mics of good acid to kick start the cosmic coonhunt for Enlightenment. It takes … Continue reading
‘Superpower’ Isn’t a Boast, It’s a Death Warrant
Graphic courtesy of Government Accountability Office.The Upside of the DownsideBy Case Wagenvoord / February 20, 2009 Dear George, Now ‘tis the season when we reap the bilious harvest of seven decades of hubric delusion. It wasn’t just economic bubbles that … Continue reading
Consumer Culture and an Insane Society
Fundamentalist Consumerism and an Insane SocietyBy Bruce E. Levine / February 2009 At a giant Ikea store in Saudi Arabia in 2004, three people were killed by a stampede of shoppers fighting for one of a limited number of $150 … 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
The Beltway Is America’s Occupying Army
Why success sucks!By Case Wagenvoord / November 29, 2008 Dear Barack, The seeds of today’s failure were planted in yesterday’s success. Success is like that. It swells the head and too often leads to an inflated sense of invincibility that … Continue reading
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AT&T: Talking to the Voice-Lady
‘I could only imagine how much money AT&T was saving by forcing their counter clerks to talk to the voice-lady all day like robots, while making customers take a number and wait.’By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / November … Continue reading
Robbed Blind by Those Who Control Our Society
The Rules Are Set in Stone For the RabbleBy Peter Offermann / October 22, 2008 I am struggling lately with finding meaningful and rational events to provide a basis for sanity. The world events that are currently happening are surreal … Continue reading
To Begin Healing the Nation, Accept Responsibility
Shame! Shame! Come Back ShameBy Joel Hirschhorn / October 3, 2008 Shame on them (the politicians) and shame on us (the public). We live in the United States of Shame. Why? Because everywhere we see nothing but disgrace, dishonor and … Continue reading
The All-Encompassing Argument Over Souls
Showdown at TombstoneBy Mariann Wizard / The Rag Blog / October 3, 2008 This is hilarious; a little something on the lighter side — but beyond the laugh, offering some really very freaky insight into the fundamentalist “soul”!! Thanks to … Continue reading
It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way
Ecological Food For Thought … The Progress Of DestructionBy Jim Otterstrom / September 2, 2008 A friend once sent me a link to a composite photo of the nighttime lights of North America as seen from space. She found the … Continue reading
For the West, Mistake Has Become Second Nature
We tilt at windmills as world war loomsBy Simon Jenkins / August 24, 2008 Is the world drifting towards a new global war? From this week the dominant super-power, America, will for three months pass through the valley of the … Continue reading
