A New Approach
The road to building a more sustainable economy and reducing growing income inequality leads through the public treasury. Yet we see little change in the way governments budget. It’s time we did.
View ArticleThe Israel-Palestine Conundrum
The following are class notes for a seminar on the Israel-Palestine problem. The goal of the class is to create an informed discussion among participants who may have no previous experience with the...
View ArticleThe Best Case for the Iran Nuclear Deal Requires a Global Perspective
By: Alex Rinn The United States really only ever had two options for confronting Iran’s nuclear program. First, America, largely on its own, could have invaded Iran, secured its military sites, and...
View ArticleIsrael, Crucible of Civilizations
By: L. B. Benjamin “I am not sorry that we notice the barbarous horror of such acts, but I am heartily sorry that, judging their faults rightly, we should be so blind to our own.” – Montaigne, Of...
View ArticleThe Gods of Barack Obama
By: Lucian On February 4th, in the year of our Lords, 2014, President Barack Obama formally announced himself as the prophet of a new religion. The president was, on that date, to be found addressing...
View ArticleFoggy Thinking in the University; Reality Cut Off
Howl of the Day: Feb 3, 2016 Join us for the next TechnoscienceSalon Thursday, January 21, 4-6 :: Making Love and Relations Beyond Settler Sexuality Settler colonialism and heteronormativity are built...
View ArticleSocrates Made Tiny and Cute
Howl of the Day: Feb 16, 2016 The Second Letter attributed to the philosopher, Plato, contains the famous suggestion that his dialogues present a Socrates made “young and beautiful”. Some people, it...
View ArticleThe Anti-Trumplodytes
Donald J. Trump is not like Hitler. It seems this can't be repeated often enough. It can't be repeated often enough because saying that Trump is like Hitler does two things: it denigrates the...
View ArticleSanders at Dearborn: A Socialist Love-Story
The idea that Bernie Sanders' support among Arabs and Muslims suggests there is little anti-Semitism in America is as absurd as the idea that there is no more racism in America, since it has elected a...
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