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The authors of White Rural Rage (2024) dedicated a chapter to exploring how pickup trucks have been marketed to promote…
The authors of White Rural Rage (2024) dedicated a chapter to exploring how pickup trucks have been marketed to promote…
I'm thinking most people don't get big trucks so they'll be safe on the road. People get big trucks because…
Egypt has done a lot of nasty stuff, not least to Palestinians, but it hasn’t done to them what Israel…
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Category Archives: International issues
Avant-Garde Theater in Iran – Art as Politics, The Politics of Art
To say that art is always political, even when it is not obviously politically engaged, is a truism often used by artists who don’t want to do the difficult work of figuring out, or owning up to, the (usually conservative, … Continue reading
From “Making Sense Of Libya,” and other Libya links
I’d really recommend reading the International Crisis Group’s briefing on Libya (or at least read the executive summary, which is only three pages long). (pdf link) It has a lot of interesting background to the current conflict. Here’s a brief … Continue reading
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Against Humanitarian Wars
photo credit: John Tann At the Debate Annex, in response to my criticism of Obama for not clearing our war in Libya with Congress, Daran asks a fair question: Setting aside the Constitutionality issue, how do you feel about the … Continue reading
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Obama Breaks Law With Impunity And Cherry-Picked Legal Opinions
The New York Times reports on the process by which President Obama came to the Orwellian legal conclusion that our actions in Libya are not “hostilities,” and thus do not need Congress’ approval under the War Powers Resolution. As the … Continue reading
Kucinich Tries To Force US Out Of Libya
From Politico, a reason to love Dennis Kucinich (and his co-sponsors, Reps. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) and Dan Burton (R-Ind.)): Seeking to avoid a showdown over Libya, House GOP leaders have pulled back from a floor vote on a resolution by … Continue reading
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The Daily Show On America’s Commitment To Freedom
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Norouz Pirouz! Eid Moborak! Happy Iranian New Year 2011 – An Auspicious Day to Announce My New Book, “The Teller of Tales: Stories from Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh”
I was, actually, hoping to post this yesterday, before the changing of the year, which happened some time between 6 and 7 PM, but I was very busy and didn’t get a chance to do it. So let me take … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, literature
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Libya Declares Ceasefire; worriers continue worrying
Well, it appears that egg is on my face after I worried about disaster in Libya last night. I genuinely hope this egg remains on my face forever. From the BBC’s constantly-updating Libya sidebar: To recap on the events of … Continue reading
War isn’t avoiding the disaster. War is the disaster.
So we’re now preparing to institute a no-fly zone in Libya — an act of war which Congress has not debated and apparently will not be given the chance to debate (although perhaps there’ll be a rubber-stamp vote after the … Continue reading
I’m thinking most people don’t get big trucks so they’ll be safe on the road. People get big trucks because…