Failure of Historic Proportion
Monday, July 11th, 2011“Obama’s Original Sin” by Frank Rich
Posts Tagged ‘Obama’
Prophets’ Warnings
Monday, May 23rd, 2011A short followup on last week’s piece by Hedges: “Why Liberal Sellouts Attack Prophets Like Cornel West”
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the darker prophet, Jimmy Kunstler, does some prognosticating of his own in: “Get Real.”
Obama, Osama, Oshama
Monday, May 16th, 2011Excellent Chris Hedges interview with Brother Cornel West: “The Obama Deception.”
Also, a good meditation on irrationality from David Michael Green: “The Shame of Regressivism.”
Revolution or Fascism
Saturday, March 26th, 2011Bob Herbert wrote his final essay for the New York Times: “Losing Our Way.” I wrote the following response…
Your essay was outstanding, but I have some thoughts on the final sentence: “New ideas and new leadership have seldom been more urgently needed.”
To that I would say…
There are already plenty of great ideas out there. No shortage, both online and at the library. One example, off the top of my head, would be the book: “Alternatives to Economic Globalization.” All these good ideas are simply being ignored by the powers that be.
What we do lack is leadership, and this is the profound disappointment with Obama. He did get our hopes up — but that promise has been dashed. I suspect that the needed leadership in this country will end up coming from the bottom, rather than the top. Such is the stranglehold of money on the current system. All signs point to a choice between active revolution or docile fascism.
Our Bipartisan Oligarchy
Saturday, March 19th, 2011Paul Krugman, in the NY Times, gets very close to calling them out in: “The Forgotten Millions.”