That Was The Year That Was
Alternate title: I Beg Your Indulgence: Another Fucking End-of-the-Year Retrospective
The horrifying thing about the Internet is that it encases every single dumb mistake you’ve ever made in…
Havel to the Castle
“Truth and love must prevail over lies and hate.” – Václav Havel
1936 – 2011
When Václav Havel was still a playwright and dissident in Communist Czechoslovakia — before the Velvet…
Shameless Self-Promotion
I have a new blog post over at Ms., called H&M Whittles Down Acceptable Body Types To Exactly One. The subject matter is even creepier than the title lets on.
And while we’re on the subject of…
Mind and God
For all you New Atheists out there, a little compare and contrast exercise. Tell me if you think this proof makes sense:
- My mind is identical to certain neurochemical processes in the brain.
- We…
On Godless Theology
Guys, I dunno about this:
It’s important to understand that atheists scare religious people not because we’re different, in other words, but because our beliefs do literally threaten their own….
From an Occupation to a Movement
The New York Times is reporting that, as of this morning, a handful of occupiers remain in Zucotti Park. That is both encouraging and unsurprising, but it doesn’t alter the fact that Liberty…
Who Cares About Student Debt?
Over the past few weeks I’ve heard a lot of people denounce what they see as Occupy Wall Street’s parochial and self-interested advocacy for student debt forgiveness. Some of those folks might…
#OWS, Meet Mondragon
Credit unions have been booming over the past few weeks, thanks in part, I believe, to the Occupy movement. Indeed, one of the more promising trends I’ve seen in Occupy teach-ins, discussions…
It’s About Control
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One of the great myths of public employee union busting is that budget shortfalls made it necessary. States need to eliminate collective…
#OWS and Organized Labor
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Having previously compared the New Left to Occupy Wall Street, Shawn Gude wonders aloud why the latter is so much more inclined to play nice…
