Watching Bernie and His Sandernistas: Redux
After reading this interview/review of a book, Bernie and the Sandernistas by Jeffrey St. Clair on Bernie’s last defeat at the hands of Hillary I asked myself, is it possible that this is happening all over again in 2020 only now instead of Hillary it will either be Buttigieg, Biden,Continue Reading
The Relevance of Marxism in America Today
The Democrat leadership race between poll leaders Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden presents a fundamental ideological split within the party that expressed itself in the last leadership contest between Sanders and Clinton. The schism then and now is centered on notions of socialism as expressed by the liberal youth vote versus theContinue Reading
The Looming Global Threat From the Methane Monster
“First, the probability of this pulse happening is high, at least 50 percent according to the analysis of sediment composition by those best placed to know what is going on, Natalia Shakhova and Igor Semiletov. Moreover, if it happens, the detrimental effects are gigantic… the risk of an Arctic seabedContinue Reading
Annie Freud and The Best Man That Ever Was
The Poet Annie Freud is the eldest daughter of the late British painter Lucien Freud. Her poem, The Best Man That Ever Was, was recorded in 2007 in London. The mischievous tone the poet takes in this vivid audio piece about a man and woman sharing an intimate moment made me thinkContinue Reading
AI’s Mediation of Expression and the Hand
The use of AI to create a 21st century knockoff/original painting by Rembrandt poses some challenging questions concerning authorship. Meditating on this new cooked up work forces one to consider some of the things that may not be assimilated by a machine program. For example does the new work have soul?Continue Reading
The Search for a Plan to Address Inequality in America
The following is a two part interview with author Jonathan Rothwell. (In his new book A Republic of Equals, Gallup senior economist Jonathan Rothwell traces the forces driving the dramatic rise in inequality in the United States.) ‘Surprisingly, only a small percentage of top earners work in the tech sector or inContinue Reading
Pursuing the Origins of Humour in ID Politics
Britain’s Terry Eagleton, philosopher, Marxist literary critic and author offers an entertaining review of two current books on ID politics: “The only good reason for being an activist is to get to the point where you no longer need to be. But that can’t be achieved by ignoring the realityContinue Reading
Why Do Cops Everywhere Love Reading Your Mind with SCAN?
Three specific agencies among many use SCAN: the FBI, CIA and U.S. Army military intelligence, which falls under the Department of Defense. ‘For Avinoam Sapir, the creator of SCAN, sifting truth from deception is as simple as one, two, three. 1. Give the subject a pen and paper. 2. AskContinue Reading
The inevitability of conjugal rupture
Two Netflix films document the fragility of marriage over time. Each does so in a compassionate and thorough manner. One takes place in 1960, the other in present day. Intimate as they are, the stories reflect the historical tensions of the periods in which they are situated. Wildlife is aContinue Reading
Building the Family Home on Stilts
Seems to be a logical step putting one’s home up on stilts to avoid flooding and save the biggest investment most of us will ever have, our house. We all see that private property on flood plains is threatened. Looking at the example in the cover photo draws one into considerations bothContinue Reading
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