Pleasant Dreams
Some books are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, and apparently others have greatness thrust upon them in the form of an Amazon gift card. This hasn’t gotten much play…
Politics
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40 Years Ago Today
“The students who had gathered that day – all unarmed – held a large range of opinions about the seemingly endless war in Vietnam.” Elaine Holstein, mother of Jeffrey Miller,…
“They’re probably watching the news and wishing it were more about their bombing and less about the oil spill.”
Today we published a review of David Goodwillie’s American Subversive by Eric B. Martin that it isn’t so much a review as an essay that tackles some really important questions…
Politics Sunday
Is it just me, or does it feel like everything is about to explode? Last night in San Francisco, there were a gazillion riot cops for a few anarchists who…
“Papers, Please.” Arizona News Links #4
Rep. Duncan D. Hunter of California–a guy who owes his career to his father and the population of the Congressional district who continually re-elected him–thinks that being born in the…
“Papers, please.”
Arizona News Links #3
Donald Trump is still a dick. So is Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who arrested 61 people on suspicions that they are undocumented immigrants. “Arizona Expands Its Discrimination: Teachers With Heavy…
In Protest of SB1070
“That people should be legally required to show proof of citizenship is similar to the antebellum mandate that black people produce ‘free papers’ proving themselves not to be slaves. It…
“Papers, please.”
Arizona News Links #2
A roundup of articles related to Arizona’s new draconian immigration law. A simple question: Is this even constitutional? Rachel Maddow discusses the “racist roots” and people behind the new law.…
“Papers, please.”
Arizona News Links
A roundup of articles related to Arizona’s new draconian immigration law. “Wasn’t the system of internal passports one of the most distasteful features of life in the Soviet Union and…
The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You
What we’re witnessing in Arizona, and all across this country, is an ongoing moral tragedy.
The Rumpus Interview with David Goodwillie and Teddy Wayne
Two debut novels addressing – amongst other topics ripped from the Zeitgeist – the symbiotic relationship between terrorism and the media, appear this month in bookstores:
“Unsung Giant of the Civil Rights Era”
“If Ms. Height was less well known than her contemporaries in either the civil rights or women’s movement, it was perhaps because she was doubly marginalized, pushed offstage by women’s…