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To Privatize or Not to Privatize
The further privatization of public education is often hidden in the language of education u201creformu201d while proof is emerging in countries that are extensively privatized that results are not …
The “Deep State” – How Much Does It Explain?
The Deep State operates according to its own compass heading regardless of who is formally in power.
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Henry Giroux on Resisting the Neoliberal Revolution
Henry Giroux: The notion of the “Deep State” as outlined by Mike Lofgren is not enough to simply expose the hidden institutions and structures of power.
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Juan Cole on the Vulnerability of the Network
There is much that is valuable in Mike Lofgren's explication of vast network of unaccountable governmental and private institutions, which he calls the “Deep State.”
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Andrew Bacevich on Washington’s Tacit Consensus
What words best describe present-day Washington politics? “Tacit consensus,” would be a good start.
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Heidi Boghosian on Mass Surveillance
Mike Lofgren's exceptional essay, “Anatomy of the Deep State,” delivers the roadmap that bewildered Americans need to navigate the past year's glut of news about mass surveillance.
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Danielle Brian on Legalized Corruption
Mike Lofgren shines a light on the secret web of influence-peddling that spreads far and wide beneath the surface of our democracy in his essay on what he calls …
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Thailand and Shinawatra: Errors, Omissions From the Left
People in the Western world are being fed lies about the reasons for the demonstrations in Thailand.
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Zen Over Zinn: Avoiding Unpleasant Truths With David Brooks
Letu2019s cut through Times columnist David Brooks' truth avoidance about the death of the American Dream.
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Tim Wu on the Partisan Sideshow and Silicon Valley
"I think Mike Lofgren is right that much of what the United States does of importance is unseen by the public and has only the most tangential relationship with …