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An Inside Look at How AIPAC Beats War Drum on Capitol Hill

by M.J. Rosenberg | Sep 4, 2013 | Foreign Policy

The media today is full of stories about AIPAC and its decision to push for a “yes” vote on Syria to ensure that President Obama initiates the war it really wants, with Iran. Check out this Washington Post story. There is simply no way AIPAC and its camp followers would do this for Syria. Israel […]

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How to Demolish Libertarian Ideas About Property

by Mike Konczal | Sep 3, 2013 | Economy

(Ronald Coase) Property isn’t a vertical relationship between a person and an object, but instead is a horizontal, reciprocal relationship of exclusions between people. Since the benefit of one person in regard to property comes at the expense of someone else, there’s no logical or coherent way to invoke liberty or classical liberal principles of […]

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‘The Butler’ Is Right; Reagan Was a Racist

by M.J. Rosenberg | Sep 3, 2013 | Politics

(Reagan in Philadelphia, Miss. | Source: Jeff McAdory) It is amusing watching Republicans going ballistic over the success of the film. The Butler, which suggests that Ronald Reagan was a racist. They argue that there is no proof that Reagan was a racist, that in fact he loved black people. Reagan: to hell with civil […]

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Congress Will Likely Approve Strikes on Syria

by M.J. Rosenberg | Sep 2, 2013 | Foreign Policy

(Source: Pete Souza) The New York Times has a pretty shocking revelation on page one this weekend. White House correspondent Mark Landler reveals (after interviewing unnamed senior Obama aides) that the “most compelling” reason the president is seeking Congressional authorization to strike Syria may be this: …acting alone would undercut him if in the next […]

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Saving Higher Education from Itself

by Jack Metzgar | Sep 2, 2013 | Politics

(Source: John T. Consoli/University of Maryland via Flickr) I never had much time or sympathy for working-class renegades until I read Allison Hurst’s College and the Working Class. Hurst, a sociologist at Furman University, classifies first-generation college students as renegades if they “have learned to value what the greater society values, academic success, social prestige, […]

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Bad Faith Documentary

Bad Faith

“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns

Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones

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“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024”Variety

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