ideological criminal

Last night, I rented The Pentagon Papers, the 2003 (made for TV?) movie about Daniel Ellsberg’s leaking of the top secret 7,000 page history of the war in Vietnam, prepared by the Pentagon. The document, colloquially known as the Pentagon papers, exposed widespread deception by the government that spanned four presedential administrations. Although […]

Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist, popular science writer, and Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, is a highly regarded and widely read scientist. His latest book, The God Delusion, lays down his case for Atheism and against religion.
This book is not the kind of book I would pick up and […]

Robert Stone’s lates book, Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties, is a memoir of his life in the sixties. Stone is a revered novelist, the author of A Hall of Mirrors, Dog Soldiers, A Flag for Sunrise, and others. His work has won him the National Book Award (for Dog Soldiers) and secured a […]

Boston has been overcome by hysteria surrounding the Aqua Teen Hunger Force marketing campaign. The swift reaction of the authorities has been to criminalize speech. Screaming fire in a theater has morphed into the mutterings of any counter cultural innuendo. The forces of repression have figured out how to succeed where there […]

The “Anybody but Rumsfeld” philosophy is just as dispicable as the ABB one. Consider what could have been asked of Rumsfeld’s replacement:
November 13, 2006
The Revolving Gates at the Pentagon
By Col. DAN SMITH
http://www.counterpunch.org/smith11132006.html
Excerpt:
They may well resurrect the charges lodged against Gates in 1987 and in 1991. They may ask him again whether he lied to […]

The following is a very short excerpt from an article called “Diversity at Brandeis: A real turkey” by Harry Mairson, which appeared in the Feb 2004 issue of The Watch, the Brandeis University magazine. It is a thorough dissection of the paradox of diversity at the university, and though it is concerned with […]

On Wednesday (6 Sept), I attended this year’s inagural event of the Brandeis University Crown Center for Middle East Studies, a panel discussion titled, “The Hezbollah-Israel War: What’s Next?” The panel consisted of Shai Feldman, director of the Crown Center, Dr. Abdel Monem Said Aly, a Senior Fellow of the Crown Center and director […]

The following is a letter I sent to my younger brother (and mother) in light of it being his final year of high school. Financially constrained, he has considered military options to help pay for, or to provide, his education.
These are some accounts of US soldiers who have deserted after serving in […]

Sir, Nick Kochan, (”Mideast investment will produce a peace dividend“, August 30) writes, “It may not be long before Israel’s claim to be the only democratic Middle Eastern country, so much part of its argument for support, is challenged.” Kochan’s comment, and others’ like it that assume Israel’s status as a democratic nation, remind […]

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I’ve recently learned of the criteria that New York 1 News has adopted in selecting candidates for the Senate debate taking place tonight at Pace University. Your station has refused access to all candidates who have not reached 5 percent in the […]