Sunday, June 23, 2013

Proof 'Progress" Isn't

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Really? Rape? Still? I don’t know about you, but the massive amount of stories about rape in the last year is something out of the ordinary...
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

A Working-Class Hero Is Something To Be

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“Searching for Sugar Man,” Documentary by Malik Bendjelloul, 2012 This British/Swedish documentary is a heartbreaker.  Sixto Rodrique...
Sunday, June 16, 2013

Ludd Was Right!

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“In Letters of Blood and Fire – Work, Machines and the Crisis of Capitalism,” by George Caffentzis, 2013 Caffentzis is a Marxist philos...
Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Not Really Faulkner

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“Child of God,” by Cormac McCarthy, 1973 The title is sarcasm.  McCarthy, a dark horse who sees himself as our new Faulkner, penned a n...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

The Reason for Those Saggy Pants

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“The New Jim Crow – Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,” by Michelle Alexander, foreword by Cornel West, 2010 This instant...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Aren't You Glad Capitalism Has Been Restored? Part III

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Hungary Today Evidently, the Fidesz government in Hungary has revised the Hungarian Constitution THREE times in the last several year...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Philosophy of the 'Smarty Pants'

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“The Ten Assumptions of Science,” by Glenn Borchardt, 2004 This slim volume of scientific philosophy also applies outside of science.  I...
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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Smokin' Another Spike Lee Joint

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“Red Hook Summer,” Film by Spike Lee, 2012 Spike Lee is one of those directors who’s movies always have something to offer, even if the...