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On the Merits of Reading Fahrenheit 451
It is uncanny how accurately fiction can predict reality. Ray Bradbury's book is understood by many to be a commentary on censorship. It's not. In Fahrenheit 451 it's not …
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Late Stage Capitalism and the Shame Haunted Life: You Can’t Kill Trauma With a Gun
In an era of corporate-state colonization of both landscape and mental real estate, when the face of one's true oppressors is, more often than not, hidden from view, thus …
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In Immodest Proposal
We are saved—so our politicians tell us—from a plunge off the fiscal cliff. In all reports, however, it is mentioned that President Obama settled for a slice of what …
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If Only
When it comes to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid today, Democrats might be the champions they were during the days of the New Deal.
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As Another Confrontation Looms, Will Obama Stand His Ground?
Paul Krugman: If Mr. Obama stands his ground in the debt ceiling confrontation, the fiscal cliff deal wonu2019t look bad in retrospect.
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Save Social Security: Paul Krugman for Treasury Secretary
A push is on to get the Nobel Prize winner in economics the position in the new Obama administration.
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Fox News Takes on the No Billionaires Campaign
The NoBillionairesCampaign just received its biggest boost yet: harsh criticism from Fox News, the network owned by billionaire Rupert Murdoch.
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Why Schools Used to Be Better
It's one of the ironies of education reform that despite wave after wave, schools are seen by many as in worse shape as before all the changes. Here's a …
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My Striking Vacation
I spoke to several workers and learned of their grievances. “We work hard,” said a cook who had worked at the hotel for 12 years. "We run our own …
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Living Your Life Honestly
“Good teaching is living your life honestly in front of students.” I don't recall exactly when Jim Koplin first told me that, but I know that he had to …