Death and the Cinema
A discussion of film, even films about death, will hopefully come as a distraction from turbulent news.
Read more...Category Archives: Social values
Will Israel Kill Public Support for America’s Bipartisan Consensus?
Could there be a tiny silver lining in the Israel genocide in Gaza?
Read more...Preparing for Collapse: Why the Focus on Climate/Energy Sustainability Is Destructive
Energy and climate sustainability are hopium. However, it may be possible to preserve a semblance of our techno-driven civilization.
Read more...Repress U., Class of 2024: How to Build a Homeland Security Campus in Seven More Steps
The apparatus behind the explosion of police crackdowns against campus anti-Gaza-genocide protests has been very long in the making.
Read more...“It’s Not Just Ideology: Why the U.S. Is Hard-Wired to Be Hostile to Autocratic Regimes”
An, erm, novel exercise to present Americans as always on board with good-thinking values like opposing autocratic players.
Read more...Clues From Bird Flu’s Ground Zero on Dairy Farms in the Texas Panhandle
The failures is the US response to the bird flu outbreak are piling up.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Some Myths Regarding the Genesis of Enterprise
“Modern” elements of enterprise were present in Mesopotamia in the third millennium BC and the institutions supported long-term growth
Read more...Why Corporations Choose Lawlessness to Fight Unions
Workers at companies like Apple and Starbucks face armies of union-busting lawyers advising employers to repeatedly violate labor laws.
Read more...Housing, Not Handcuffs
US policy towards the homeless becomes ever more mean-spirited, apparently to justify not dealing with the problem of unaffordable housing.
Read more...Why Did the US Spend $320 Million on a Rube Goldberg Pier For Gaza?
The infamous Gaza humanitarian aid pier is a construction and logistical nightmare.
Read more...‘Most Thorough Legal Analysis’ Yet Concludes Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza
Israel genocide denialists face more of an uphill battle as an authoritative groups renders a preliminary verdicts against the apartheid state.
Read more...The Arsenal of Genocide: The U.S. Weapons That Are Destroying Gaza
Naming and shaming the weapons systems and manufacturers who are profiting from the slaughter in Gaza.
Read more...What ‘The Wire’ Teaches About Institutions
“The Wire” as a worked example on the nature and pace of change. Do you agree?
Read more...Climate Change Is Affecting Mental Health Literally Everywhere
How climate change exacts a psychological toll, and what if anything to do.
Read more...The US, Israel, and the ‘Anti-Semitism’ Fraud
Since it clearly needs to be said early and often, the campaign to demonize opponents of Israel’s genocide as anti-Semites is a complete crock.
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