Category: Books
It’s the Politics, Stupid
by Brian Francis Slattery | Jun 1, 2013 | BooksMaybe, just like in the late 1970s, we are at a crossroads in economic history, and it’s time not only to argue about policies and programs, but also to revisit the assumptions underlying our current economic regime. In the 1970s, the mainstream story goes, the economy was broken. The Keynesian paradigm that had shaped economic […]
Pascal Robert: Ta-Nehisi Coates, Essentialism, and the Threat of the Black Cultural Tour Guide
by Pascal Robert | May 6, 2013 | Books, Media(Ta-Nehisi Coates, a writer for The Atlantic, wants his blackness both ways, the author says.) There are certain black folk in the media whose roles have roots in history going back to Booker T. Washington. These folk are profoundly damaging to the sensibilities of the black masses, particularly the black poor. That person is the […]
On the GOP’s Moribund Moderates
by Michael Lind | May 1, 2013 | BooksBetween the orbits of Mars and Jupiter lies the asteroid belt, which consists of the pieces of a potential planet that never formed because gravitational forces tore its components apart. What remains are chunks of rock and metal that occasionally flame out in the earth’s atmosphere as falling stars. In Rule and Ruin: The Downfall […]
Lou Dubose on new George W. Bush presidential library: It’s a neocon rehash of terms that led us to war
by Lou Dubose | Apr 2, 2013 | Books, PoliticsThe presidential library of George W. Bush opens next month. A central aim of the new library appears to be the rehabilitation of Bush’s presidency, primarily by distancing him from the Iraq War and by drawing him closer to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. MSNBC’s Al Sharpton was characteristically outraged on Friday and […]
Book Review: Germany’s Power Play
by Kate Gordon | Apr 1, 2013 | Books, EnvironmentPresident Barack Obama could not have been clearer about the urgency of now: “For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change,” he said in his State of the Union address. He issued a call to action—and a threat: “I urge this Congress to pursue a bipartisan, […]
Bad Faith Documentary
