Reading this morning’s news coverage of yesterday’s significant losses at the stock market, I notice certain phrases keep popping up that seem to indicate a sense of denial or delusion about the actual state of the economy. Let’s use this WaPo article as Exhibit A, it’s chockfulla. The very first sentence starts off with a [...]

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Get your waders on, it’s time to step in the knee-jerk muck. Marvel Comics recently announced that the Ultimate universe Spider-Man will be a working class nerd of black and Latino ethnic heritage. Miles Morales replaces Peter Parker, whom the Green Goblin killed. So far the only break from tradition here is the ethnic heritage. [...]

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Gil Scott-Herron died today. Only 62, but he had already laid the groundwork for socially conscious rap music forty years ago as a young poet, jazz musician and songwriter. He will be best remembered for “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”, his riff on a Malcolm X quote and the abysmal state of televised misinformation [...]

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I think we have reached the absolutely absurd end of austerity kneejerking: Eric Cantor has asserted that disaster relief for the thoroughly devastated town of Joplin should not be added to the deficit. Having said that, some other GOPer will prove me wrong and will seek to top that level of callousness. I can’t predict [...]

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“I will mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, [...]

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