Sorrows of Empire is the second instalment in Chalmers Johnson’s great trilogy of books. It is a book where Johnson pulls no punches as he delves into the history of U.S. imperialism. The theme of Johnson’s writings is to indulge the reader into the uncomfortable...
American democracy and free speech end where criticism of Israel begins. Or so it seems, given the nature of continuing criticism towards Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN), for her alleged “anti-Semitic” comments. Last month the Freshman congresswoman drew fierce...
Conservatives who argue to “limit” the welfare state are routinely painted as cold-hearted by welfare state supporters. With good reason. “I support government programs to assist those truly in need, but we must keep welfare programs from growing too big,” is the...
Ashland City, TN — Last August, Mark Campbell was sitting in his house when two strangers showed up at his door. These two strangers lightly knocked and told Campbell that they had guns. Moments later, bullets came flying through Campbell’s door and nearly killed him...
Paul Krugman must be pulling his hair out about now. He recently complained that it was almost impossible to figure out what MMTers were advocating, and then tried to pin them down with some very specific questions: Are MMTers claiming, as Kelton seems to, that there...
So, $47 billion on free college tuition; $1 trillion for new infrastructure; $1.4 trillion to write off student loan debt; at least $7 trillion on a Green New Deal; $32 trillion on “Medicare for All.” By one estimate, these new spending proposals total an estimated...
I Can’t Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street by Matt Taibbi (New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2017); 336 pages. On the first day of law school, Yale Professor Stephen L. Carter walks into his contracts class with a message: “Every law is violent.” He then proceeds to tell...
Vice tells the story of how Richard Chaney went from being expelled from Yale and drinking and fighting in his spare time to becoming the most influential Vice-President in history. Written and directed by Adam McKay who also directed The Big Short, Vice employs the...
