Hallucinating Foucault
Patricia Dunker’s 1996 debut novel is, without a doubt, one of the most interesting works of literary fiction from the end of the 20th century. A fictional representation of the…
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You Can’t Lock Everyone Up
In these days of nasty partisan politics, it is noteworthy when an issue unites voices across the political spectrum, as in the growing movement to repeal mandatory minimum prison sentences for nonviolent offenders.
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We’re Back!!
Hey Republicans, Conservatives, Blue Dogs and Democratic apologists—We’re back!!! Just when you thought it was safe to slither out from under your rocks, we’re here to let you know that…
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WE NEED CHANGE, NOT REFORM!
Understanding who creates the wealth, and the complete dependence of the Capitalist on the people who do the work, and not vice-versa, once again it was Abraham Lincoln who recognized what should be self-evident:
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Liberal Votes, Conservative Victories
Politicians of that era feared to wander off that playing field. When one did, such as Barry Goldwater, they were soundly trounced.
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Why I Oppose a Severance Tax
1, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution reads as follows: “The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment
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Land of the Free (Certain Restrictions Apply)
Real revolution – is that you don’t need healthy animals to make a profit. Sick animals are more profitable.”
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A Vast State of Humiliation
Placing images and language together in an activity of simple construction of materials made of dots of light causes us to believe that we are seeing something cohesive and no fractionation exists when, in fact, humans have just made something that is absolutely completely fractured from anything living and real in their lives. It is a product. The unreal comes off as real.
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Thoughts on Watching Newt Gingrich on Meet the Press
Oh, I’m terribly sorry. You say you are a veteran. You served your country in Vietnam, were wounded but came home unlike many of your companions. Then your only child was sent to Libya, blinded by a roadside bomb and later died in a traffic accident.
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Lobby Day
Lobby Day isn’t something exclusive to the groups going there on June 7th. Lots of days are Lobby Day. In fact, June 7th is also Lobby Day for the AARP, so don’t expect a special edition of CS2 on the evening of the 7th where we breathlessly announce that our legislators were persuaded to ban drilling in PA because we spent a few minutes with them.
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