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Book Review: Mark Levin's "The Liberty Amendments: Restoring the American Republic" 26 Aug 2013 | 03:35 am
By MARC McDONALD If you want someone who rants against "Big Government" and taxes, then extremist radio commentator/right wing hack Mark Levin is your man. His latest book, The Liberty Amendments: Re...
Progressive Music Classics. "Running Gun Blues" by David Bowie 18 Aug 2013 | 05:34 pm
. . By MARC McDONALD Welcome to another edition of Progressive Music Classics. David Bowie has never particularly been known for being either angry or political in his music. But in "Running Gun Bl...
America's Imaginary Lavish Social Welfare Safety Net That Exists Only in GOP's Mind 29 Jul 2013 | 10:37 am
By MARC McDONALD In America, we hate the poor. We really, really hate the poor. We are indoctrinated from birth to hate the poor. Jesus may have said, "Blessed are you who are poor." But America has ...
RIP Douglas Engelbart, An Early Visionary Idealistic Computer Genius 4 Jul 2013 | 01:45 pm
. . By MARC McDONALD In our popular culture today, America glorifies and worships mediocrities like Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton. But beyond those two obvious examples, our nation has an obsessio...
Progressive Music Classics. "Corner Soul" by The Clash 23 May 2013 | 01:12 pm
. . By MARC McDONALD Welcome to another edition of Progressive Music Classics. Few albums have ever been more highly anticipated than Sandinista! the 1980 release by The Clash. The band's previous ...
How the GOP's Disinformation Campaign Could Tarnish Obamacare 25 Apr 2013 | 11:34 am
BY MARC McDONALD Like many progressives, I've never been a big fan of the Affordable Care Act. After all, in many ways, it's really nothing more than a warmed-up revision of the Heritage Foundation/G...
Why Today's "Stealth" Bigots Are Worse Than Old-School Racists 6 Apr 2013 | 05:00 pm
By MARC McDONALD In a perfect society, there would be no bigots and no racism. Of course, America will never be mistaken for a perfect society. And despite our national delusion that we've become a "...
Progressive Music Classics. "The Unacceptable Face of Freedom" by Test Dept. 15 Feb 2013 | 05:29 am
. . BY MARC McDONALD Welcome to another edition of Progressive Music Classics. Margaret Thatcher's declaration of war against labor unions in the 1980s kicked off a vicious attack on working-class ...
How Rush Limbaugh Damaged The GOP Brand 12 Feb 2013 | 02:13 am
By MARC McDONALD When Rush Limbaugh first began spewing his daily dose of bigotry, lies and GOP propaganda back in the mid-80s, Republican leaders rejoiced. In Limbaugh, the GOP had a powerful spokes...
Progressive Music Classics. "Everything That Rises Must Converge" by Shriekback 25 Jan 2013 | 03:09 pm
. . By MARC McDONALD The late, great Bill Hicks once lamented the decline of intellectualism in the U.S. This dumbing-down of America, he noted, started around the time Ronald Reagan was first elect...
