Paul Phillips

LATEST ARTICLES ( 506 )

• Social Protest Lit: Ruskin, “The Veins of Wealth”

  A piece from “Book II: The Chasm” which regards economic/social inequality with an excerpt by John Ruskin from The Veins of Wealth: Primarily, which is very... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2014 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Social Protest Literatue at Sparking The Left

  

  Here at STL we are starting a new feature. In between our political-insight posts, I will start publishing excerpts or entire pieces of great literature that... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2014 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Pulitzer-Winning Journalist Detained for Being Undocumented

  

  I was first brought aware of Jose Antonio Vargas’ story last week in a piece he penned in Politico. He explained that he was in the Rio Grande Valley, in the... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2014 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Photos from Gaza

  

  Just a collection of photographs I pulled off major news media sites like the NYT and The Post. // Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2014 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Refuses Funding for Border Children Projects

  

  A humanitarian crisis unseen before at our borders is becoming more and more urgent everyday at Rio Grande Valley, TX, and other Southwest locations. And yet th... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2014 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Embarrassing Weekend for NSA and CIA Good for Democracy

  

  U.S. intelligence took a couple of pretty hard slaps in its face this past weekend and, when reading the articles about their wasteful and ridiculous actions,... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2014 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Florida Palestinian Teen Beaten by Israeli Forces Vids/Pics

  

  Above is one of the most infuriating video clips I have ever seen, but it is not shocking to me because I know this type of behavior by Israeli forces is... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2014 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Double Standard For Murderers in Israel

  

  According to the NYT and the AP, six young men have been arrested as suspects in last weeks beating and burning death of a 16 year old Palestinian boy named... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2014 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obama Needs to Sign Anti-Landmine Treaty

  

  According to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) every day some 10 people around the world lose their life or limb to a landmine or another... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2014 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The History of Maliki and Iraq’s Current Troubles

  

  Stop whatever your doing, right now. I mean, RIGHT NOW!!! There is a great, must-read piece in The Post by a former U.S. official who worked in Iraq that relate... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2014 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Why Against Birth Control?

  

  When reading that Hobby Lobby and other like-in-cause corporations won their Supreme Court challenge to forgo covering birth control for their employees due to... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2014 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Embarrassingly Stupid Attack by Boehner’s Gov Page on Obama’s Foreign Policy

  

  John Boehner’s government page decided to continue the attacks on President Obama’s alleged foreign policy failures by using a curious strategy: showing how muc... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2014 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

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  There’s a great piece in The Atlantic from yesterday entitled “The Rise of The DIY Abortion in Texas” that everyone should read. The article by Erica Hellerstei... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2014 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Go See “Obvious Child”

  

  Last night authors of STL went to see the new romantic comedy film “Obvious Child.” Here’s the synopsis of the movie and here’s the link to the official... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2014 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Politicos Protected by Smartphone Decision, Too

  

  Today all nine U.S. Supreme Court Justices agreed that a search of one’s cellphone without a warrant by a law enforcement agency is a violation of the fourth... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2014 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Third Intifada?

  

  Judging by reports, a third intifada could become a reality in Israel/Palestine if something does not break in the search for the three missing Israeli teenager... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2014 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Mother Leaves Kids in Car During Job Interview

  

  An absolutely heartbreaking story in the NYT on the crimes of a single, homeless mother, Shanesha Taylor, who left her two sons in a hot car during a job... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2014 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Presbyterians Vote for Israeli Divestment

  

  Good news people. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted on Friday at its general convention to divest from three companies that it says supply Israel with... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2014 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What If They Were The Washington “Blackies”?

  

  Yesterday the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, part of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, representing a division of the federal government,... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2014 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Israel Targets Hamas in Further Raids

  

  Israel has now detained 240 Palestinians in West Bank raids (including 65 freed prisoners from the Gilad Shilat prisoner exchange) in an effort to locate and... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2014 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY