More tricks up our sleeve
James Howard Kunstler has an excellent Clusterfuck Nation post today, with one bit of delusion. And that delusion is that “ethnic cleansing” is the only […]
Liberalism
Skin, Kin, and Vote 2010
It’s conventional wisdom among the wonks that the 2010 election will be a tough one for the Democrats. The historical pattern holds that the midterm […]
If Voting Changed Anything, They’d Make It Illegal
In right-wing circles, the success of Dutch nationalist and anti-Islam campaigner Geert Wilders has been trumpeted to all corners of the Earth. Wilders, who lives […]
Nonsense on Stilts: Natural Rights and Nationalism’s Opposition
Almost every corner of the political spectrum has attempted to justify its views by invoking the theory of natural rights at some point. By “natural”, […]
Why liberals and bankers found common cause
By now, with the financial fraud of the late oughts being exposed and discussed in the public sphere more loudly, it should be clear that […]