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Bread, Sex, Culprits, Exile, Goodness: Down the Road We Go 22 Aug 2013 | 05:41 pm
A brief compendium to contemplate while the Burlesque disappears into the rural deeps for a time. First, a reprise piece for Chelsea Manning, who, as many have pointed out, has been given a far harsh...
Dissent, Disappointment and Draconian Rule: Bradley Manning's Plea and the Fight to Be Human 16 Aug 2013 | 04:01 am
Two points about Bradley Manning's mitigation plea, which, the Guardian tells us, "will disappoint Manning's thousands of supporters around the world, who believe he undertook a courageous act of whis...
United We Fall: Our Egregious E Pluribus Unum 9 Aug 2013 | 07:36 pm
Below is a version of my most recent column for the print version of Counterpunch. *** It is a commonplace of our commentariat to say that American society is deeply divided -- indeed, perhaps more ...
In Memoriam 2 Aug 2013 | 05:09 am
Margie Irene Atwood Floyd, November 25, 1930 – August 1, 2013 Mother is gone, Lord, Just like the dawn, Lord, Of a day that is done. The frost of this sorrow Won't burn off tomorrow No matter how ...
Hard Rain: The Progressive Principle of Collective Punishment 30 Jul 2013 | 06:32 am
This week, super-compassionate, deeply caring progressive David Atkins (of Hullabaloo) read a story in the New York Times about farmers in the "Deep South" suffering from ruined crops after weeks of u...
Hard Rain: The Progressive Principle of Collective Punishment 30 Jul 2013 | 06:32 am
This week, super-compassionate, deeply caring progressive David Atkins (of Hullabaloo) read a story in the New York Times about farmers in the "Deep South" suffering from ruined crops after weeks of u...
J'Accuse: Standing in the Ruins on the Trail of Tears 28 Jul 2013 | 05:33 am
Here's one for all those who look on horrors and desperate needs, yet still stand paralyzed, distracted, bowing to the world; for all of us who've let someone else call the tune and tell the story -- ...
J'Accuse: Standing in the Ruins on the Trail of Tears 28 Jul 2013 | 05:33 am
Here's one for all those who look on horrors and desperate needs, yet still stand paralyzed, distracted, bowing to the world; for all of us who've let someone else call the tune and tell the story -- ...
Soft Machine: A Bright Ray of Hope for Bradley Manning 22 Jul 2013 | 03:23 pm
Many people have worried about the fate of Bradley Manning, a lone soldier who informed the world of war crimes being committed by the War Machine that has devoured the American republic and turned it...
Soft Machine: A Bright Ray of Hope for Bradley Manning 22 Jul 2013 | 03:23 pm
Many people have worried about the fate of Bradley Manning, a lone soldier who informed the world of war crimes being committed by the War Machine that has devoured the American republic and turned it...
