Keywords: Obama != Romney
Below are my thoughts on a recent Truth-Out post entitled: Closer Than You Think: Top 15 Things Romney and Obama Agree On. On foreign policy and the security state this is largely accurate, however on...
View ArticleKeywords: This Constant Struggle
I became aware of just how fleeting the sense of happiness was, and how flimsy its basis: a warm restaurant after having come in from the rain, the smell of food and wine, interesting conversation,...
View ArticleKeywords: Democrats are the conservative party
it is no longer accurate to describe the Democrats as the liberal party and the Republicans as the conservative party. It’s closer to the truth to say that the Democrats are the conservative party and...
View ArticleKeywords: Intelligence Gathering
Two stories about intelligence reports from the CIA and the war in Iraq. In the first one, on WMDs, the CIA got the story wrong because they fit the facts into their own preconceived narrative rather...
View ArticleKeywords: #CTUStrike FAQ
What is at stake in the Chicago Teachers Union strike? Here are some links to articles I’ve found useful/interesting in the form of a FAQ. I will attempt to keep this post updated as best I can. What...
View ArticleKeywords: Mathematical Objectivities
The skeptical reader may still be wondering, How exactly does the mathematical discourse relate or apply to the actual, material situations it purports to describe? How precisely do we move from the...
View ArticleKeywords: Gramsci vs. ‘the political’
…the Schmittian concept of the political in reality participates in one of the most venerable illusions of the Western metaphysical tradition: namely, the dogmatic assertion of a moment that provides...
View ArticleKeywords: Blaming the feminazis
The NY Times reports some on some “really alarming trends in life expectancy” among poor whites: The decline among the least educated non-Hispanic whites, who make up a shrinking share of the...
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