Paul Phillips

LATEST ARTICLES ( 506 )

• In Response to My Latest Rant

  

  Yesterday I posted a rant on the “American exceptionalism” worldview I now find quite out of step of what we try to do here at STL. Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2015 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Rant Alert!: On American Exceptionalism

  

  I try to only rarely indulge myself with a rant in this venue any longer, but today I cannot deny myself from posting this one. Yet what I do hope to achieve... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Social Protest Lit.: Mark Twain “The Two ‘Reigns of Terror'”

  

  Taken from “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,” “The Two ‘Reigns of Terror'” is by Mark Twain, “America’s greatest humorist”, 1835-1910. This piece... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2015 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Social Protest Lit.: Abigail Adams “Ladies in Rebellion”

  

  Taken from “Ladies in Rebellion” drafted by Abigail Adams, the wife of one President of the United States and the mother of another, 1774-1818. Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2015 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Countering the Right: Right-Wing Scare Tactics on Seattle Minimum Wage Increase

  

  Every once in a while a news headline on Yahoo’s home page catches my eye, mostly because it seems completely ridiculous. Yesterday was no exception when I saw... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2015 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Reliable Sources On O’Reilly’s Lies

  

  Have you been keeping up with the “puffing-up” of Bill O’Reilly’s past mainstream reporting finally receiving mainstream news coverage? You know, the stories... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2015 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Right-To-Work Should Give Up Union Gains

  

  According to an article by the AP, the Right-To-Work movement across the U.S. is gaining more and more momentum as GOP governors and statehouses move to... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2015 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 5 Quick Political Facts for Today (3/4/15)

  

  Money, money, money, dru-ugs…and guns. I forget how that song goes. This drink intermission sponsored by corporate tax-dodging America! Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2015 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Social Protest Lit.: Karl Marx “Address to President Lincoln”

  

  Taken from the “Address to President Lincoln” drafted by Karl Marx from the International Workingmen’s Association. This piece of an essay is from Book V... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2015 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 5 Quick Political Facts for Today (3/2/15)

  

  Can’t avoid the impending Iran deal and the circus now around it but more good news on gay marriage. Climate change was a contributing factor to the war inside... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2015 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Nemtsov’s Murder

  

  According to the Times, Boris Nemtsov, a prominent Russian opposition leader and former first deputy prime minister, was shot dead while crossing a Moscow bridg... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2015 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 5 Quick Political Facts for Today (2/25/15)

  

  A little bit of good news and a lot of bad… Nearly 80% of the voters in Chicago supported publicly financed campaigns. When put to a public vote, this issue... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2015 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 5 Quick Political Facts for Today (2/21/15)

  

  Prominent climate change-denying scientist has been outed as a fossil fuel-funded hack. Wei-Hock Soon, who has testified to Congress and state governments and... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2015 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Stopping Terror At The Source

  

  On this past Tuesday the Los Angeles Times published a letter by Pres. Obama on countering terror recruitment here in the U. S. and around the world. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2015 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 5 Quick Political Facts for Today (2/19/15)

  

  Lies and income inequality, oh my! Israel is lying about the West’s negotiations with Iran. Not exactly shocking but this sums it up nicely: (U.S. Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2015 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Social Protest Lit.: Pres. Abraham Lincoln “Working and Taking”

  

  Taken from the Lincoln -Douglas debates from Civil War Pres. Abraham Lincoln entitled “Working and Taking” from Book V called “Revolt. Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2015 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 5 Quick Political Facts for Today (2/17/15)

  

  The American public clearly has no idea what it wants from Obama on the issue of ISIS. A new poll showed a majority of the public disapproves of the... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2015 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 5 Quick Political Facts for Today (2/15/15)

  

  John Boehner apparently has no idea what goes on in Congress despite being the Speaker. Boehner stated it was important to investigate Benghazi again because... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2015 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Finally! A US News Organization Analyzes Israeli Crimes

  

  I love this Noam Chomsky quote: The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2015 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 5 Quick Political Facts for Today (2/12/15)

  

  United States’ defense spending is still pretty ridiculous. “The United States spends over four times as much in its defense budget as its nearest rival, China. Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2015 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY