“When I lie on the beach there naked, which I do sometimes, and I feel the wind coming over me and I see the stars up above and I am looking into […]
The Painted Kipper: Reith, the BBC, Facing Modernity – full download now available
Editor’s Note: Earlier this year, S&R ran a five-part series on Lord John Reith, the iconic architect of modern broadcasting in the UK. The series, authored by the University of Colorado’s Dr. Michael […]
The tragic toll of Obama's class warfare (by Paul Szep)
Nota Bene #117: Wake Up!
“Hollywood is so crooked that Mafia gangsters are entirely outclassed and don’t stand a chance. People in Hollywood are smarter. They have more sophisticated knowledge of money and deals and how to […]
Woodstock nation: all that mud made…swine…?
Today is the 38th anniversary of the ending of The Woodstock Music and Art Fair at Bethel, NY. For all us Boomers who became what Hunter called “The Generation of Swine” and […]
Bush’s “immigration crackdown” won’t solve anything
By Martin Bosworth Yesterday the Bush regime announced a new series of “get tough” moves against illegal immigrants and their employers, in the form of cracking down on employees using unverified Social […]
“Faith-based investing” and total economic collapse
By Martin Bosworth In looking at the various examples of bad economic news over the last few days, I’ve been struck once again by how the supposedly rational, logical, God-forbid-we-regulate-it-because-it-works-fine-on-its-own free market […]
Breeding for Christ, conservatism and consumerism
By Martin Bosworth An interesting piece came across my desk the other day that paints a chilling picture of how strong the religious right’s death grip is on American culture and politics…and […]
Basic principles for building America’s Internet future
By Martin Bosworth Crossposted at Open Left. Senator Dick Durbin has begun a several-night series of conversations with the blogosphere on how to build a set of principles for improving American broadband […]
Edwards and poverty: love the message, kill the messenger
By Martin Bosworth Today in the Washington Post, E.J. Dionne looks at the Democratic candidates and confirms that a new populist message is taking hold: Quietly, a new anti-poverty consensus — reflected […]
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