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• What Makes a Classic?

  Dr. Johnson asks this question in his preface to Shakespeare (1765):That praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that the honours due only to... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “Shipyard Workers in Demand,” by Alpha Unit

  Ships are crucial to the day-to-day living most of us take for granted. But for some, sailing is in the blood, as they put it. Ships and shipyards loom large... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Shakespeare’s Haters

  From an appendix to Tolstoy’s A Critical Essay on Shakespeare. I have not read this essay yet, but apparently Tolstoy slams the Bard hard and good. Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Roots of Nazism

  Amazing. That is straight out of Mein Kampf. The road from 1855 to 1940 is short indeed. As you can see, the Nazi project had roots going back quite some ways i... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Jews Wearing Nazi Masks

  Antizionist writes:Nixon was absolutely right about the niggers and the kikes.Hey, wait, I know this guy!Folks, this guy is a Jew who pretends to be... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Republican Party Base White Racism

  The focus of this essay is a particular type of White racism known as Republican Base White racism. An excellent example of its milder and more partisan flavor... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• All Hail Richard Nixon!

  Jason Y writes:He was probably the last “moderate Republican.” At heart, probably a good man, but a “tough love” believer. For instance, civil rights for blacks... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Liberal Daily Kos Blog Was Founded By the CIA

  Here.Since C. Alberto Moulitsas Zúñiga (MAMZ or Kos ) MAMZ has admitted being trained by the CIA to be as a secret agent between 2001 and 2003, while... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Daily Kos is CIA

  Here.The DailyKos blog is owned by Markos C. Alberto Moulitsas Zúñiga (“Kos), who says he started DailyKos during a two year training period with the... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The CIA Spiderweb

  Its tentacles extend through all of US society. Even if it is not the CIA itself, there are 60 other intelligence agencies working for the federal government. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• America, RIP

  This country is getting worse and worse since 2000. More corrupt and dysfunctional, and more like a corrupt, dysfunctional country like Italy. American... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Some Arguments Against Using Mutual Intelligibility as a Criterion in Linguistics

  KIRINPUTRA writes in response to this piece:I think Lindsay is right in using mutual intelligibility as the criterion for determining what’s a language. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• An Armed Citizenry Will Never Accept Tyranny and Will Repel All Foreign Invaders

  Jason Y writes:That’s a good point. A well armed population is hell for invaders. Imagine, if the Germans or Japanese did invade. Man, that would be hell. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Americans Have Absolutely No Right to Keep and Bear Arms

  This is what the people who wrote the constitution and ratified it said. There is no doubt what so ever that the right to bear arms was to protect the people... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Freedom of Choice in American Democracy

  When I go into the voting booth, I am presented with two rightwing parties.The choice is between:Terrible (Democrats)andWay Worse (Republicans)People keep... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Resolved: The Republican Party Is a Fascist Political Party

  mt wrote:Hi Robert, In your post, you say “reinstating Jim Crow voting restrictions on Black people and a Republican Supreme Court threw out a landmark civil... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What Americans Want

  As we can see, Americans just voted for a bunch of Republicans. We can conclude the following then:Americans no longer want social security, nor do they want a... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Chile Sucks

  Jason Y writes: I looked at World Book Encyclopedia article (1986) edition, laying around the house. It said Cuba, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay have literacy... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Black Republicans, Race Traitors

  I am a bit mystified at why these silly Toms and House Negroes even exist in the first place now that the Republicans are reinstating Jim Crow voting... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Mitch McConnell Is Gay

  Mitch McConnell is the leader of the Republicans in the Senate. It is sometimes stated that Mitch McConnell is gay, and indeed this appears to be the case. Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY