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18 Microlog entries tagged with ‘america’
One Town’s War on Gay Teens
Here’s my alternative standfirst: Why wretched people like Michelle Bachman and her supporters are dangerous and evil and must be stopped. Current Affairs ·
Barack Obama’s presidency, three years on - is it time to give up hope?
The Guardian’s Jonathan Freedland on the diminishing expectations for change. I’m reserving judgement till next year, if/when Obama gets re-elected; then we’ll know if he can forgo political expediency and show his ‘stomach for a fight’. Current Affairs ·
The US schools with their own police
Why is the state criminalising normal childhood behaviour?’ Indeed, Is this not a prime example of a police state in practice? Current Affairs ·
My Guantánamo Nightmare
The shocking story of one man’s abuse at the hands of a system (and a society) determined that ‘someone’ should pay for evil deeds done, whether they’re guilty or not. Utterly shameful. Current Affairs ·
Marco Ament on ‘the next SOPA’
The web censorship bills might be shelved for now, but will no doubt return in this or some other form — unless there is an aggressive push for campaign finance reform, and a recognition that unless we stop giving money to the MPAA et al, they will keep coming back. Current Affairs ·
Giving the FBI What It Wants
A digital media academic takes the extreme approach when he learns he’s being watched by the Feds. I understand what he’s doing, but he’s very much missing the point, and doing a disservice to those who don’t have his technical nouse. Current Affairs ·
‘Even Harvard couldn’t protect me’
At last a commentator who eschews the typical oh-woe-is-me nonsense and really understands the “endless anxiety” of jobhunting. Current Affairs ·
Remembering Why Americans Loathe Dick Cheney
Who does Chaney remind you of, if not a post-colonial African dictator? His name should be as maligned as Hitler’s. Yes, I went there. Current Affairs ·
Paul Krugman: The President Surrenders
Indeed. Obama has messed up in trying to keep the moral high ground; if everyone else is cheating, you don’t get anywhere trying to stick to the rules. Current Affairs ·
Nachos, anyone?
The OED dips into the history of the ubiquitous Tex-Mex snack. What a great story. Interesting ·
All Programs Considered
The New York Review of Books on the state of American public radio, an institution that much of America doesn’t even deserve. Sound & Screen ·
No limits to the law in NoLa
“Something terrible lies at the heart of New Orleans - a rampant, widespread and apparently uncontrollable brutality on the part of its police force and its prison service.” Surely New Orleans isn’t the only example of this, even within the US. Current Affairs ·
Howard Zinn obituary
It’s been a year since he died; too few have learned his lessons. Current Affairs ·
Howard Zinn: America’s Blinders
The radical historial tells it like it is. Arts & Culture ·
The State of the News Media 2006
An exhaustive report covering the state of journalism in America, but much of it would apply to most Western nations [c/o kottke.org]. Media & Journalism ·
“Little Red Book prompts DHS visit” was Big Fat Lie
I had a funny feeling about the story from the beginning. If it was true then surely the guy would’ve been arrested and interned, no? Scary to think that the truth could be more shocking than the fiction, but that’s the world we live in today. Arts & Culture ·
Reflections in the Evening Land
“The celebrated critic Harold Bloom, despairing of contemporary America, turns to his bookshelves to understand the trajectory of his country.” Arts & Culture ·
Blogger denied entry to US after guard googles him
Forget the main story for a moment and breeze through the comments. Who would have thought that tech nerds could be so disgustingly jingoistic and xenophobic? Arts & Culture ·
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