Friday, January 30, 2004
More on the efforts of Israeli peace activists to stop the repression of the Palestinian
people. Specifically, highlights of and from The Other Israel's Dec-Jan
newsletter. Go to home page: Ivan's Blog
Friday, January 16, 2004
2. Letter to U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein on the Middle East peace process.
1. Introduction to Don Marquis and archy the cockroach
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Thursday, January 1, 2004
Monterey Bay Aquarium table of endangered and non-endangered fish
and seafood.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2003
Short riff recommending Michael Moore's new book: Dude, Where's My Country?
Plus a link to the Israeli peace group Gush-Shalom: www.gush-shalom.org
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Friday, November 21, 2003
Review of ALL THE SHAH’S MEN, AN AMERICAN COUP AND THE ROOTS OF MIDDLE EAST TERROR, by Stephen Kinzer. Wiley, New Jersey, 2003.
Part III. (See October 28 post for Part I, November 9 for Part II.)
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Friday, November 14, 2003
Threats to Democracy
ELECTRONIC VOTING
LAISSEZ-FAIRE CAPITALISM
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Sunday, November 9, 2003
All The Shah's Men -- Review, Part II
ALL THE SHAH’S MEN, AN AMERICAN COUP AND THE ROOTS OF MIDDLE EAST TERROR, by Stephen Kinzer.
Wiley, 2003 (See October 28 post for Part I.)
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Tuesday, October 28, 2003
All The Shah's Men -- Review, Part I
ALL THE SHAH’S MEN, AN AMERICAN COUP AND THE ROOTS OF MIDDLE EAST TERROR, by Stephen Kinzer.
Wiley, 2003
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Wednesday, October 8, 2003
The Bad and the Good
Minimalist response to the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger as California's
governor.
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Saturday, October 4, 2003
Solar cooking
My modest efforts to save resources and reduce pollution. With photos of solar oven and a low-tech
solar cooker.
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Monday, September 29, 2003
Everything you wanted to know about neocons but were afraid to ask
Web sites about the U.S. neoconservative movement. Just in time for Halloween.
Scary stuff.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2003
Patriotism
My response to being thought unpatriotic for my criticism of U.S. foreign policy.
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Thursday, September 18, 2003
The death penalty
The death penalty is still with us. Check out tonight's post on the Essays page. A
spoof of conservative (maybe even right-wing) Los Angeles talk show host Dennis Prager’s fixation on the death penalty.
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Monday, September 15, 2003
The California Recall
I. Times, they are a’changin’
Comments by former Secretary of Labor and American Prospect founder Robert Reich on America’s slow creep toward
a banana republic form of government This is relevant to the references to American neoconservatives mentioned above. (Shall
we call it Slouching toward Guatemala? Or perhaps, The New Spanish-America, as in Generalissimo Franco’s
Spain.)
II. Are the Democrats smart enough to run a government effectively?
My own thoughts on professional Democrats’ initial response to the California recall, and the wisdom of Cruz Bustamante
for ignoring the other pros.
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Sunday, September 7, 2003
On Democracy
The California recall as George Bernard Shaw might view it.
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Friday, September 5, 2003
Hate groups, Language & Politics
I. Hate groups
Information from the Southern Poverty Law Center on the "neo-Confederate" movement’s demonization
of Abraham Lincoln. Check out the SPLC at www.splcenter.org.
II. Language & Politics
Synopsis of some contributions to the September, 2003 issue of The American Prospect, a liberal/progressive
monthly. (www.prospect.org) Linguists Deborah Tannen and George Lakoff explain how the Republican Party propaganda machine has used language to
put the Democrats on the defensive, and "as Peter Viereck put it 40 years ago, ... to make people ashamed of generous social
impulses."
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Sunday, August 31, 2003
See latest recommended reading page
Commentary on 6 books I recently finished, which together give a good account of the growth of right-wing political power
since the early 1990s.
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Sunday, August 10, 2003 (First post)
Documents and comments relevant to the foreign policy of the United States.
A response to President George W. Bush’s foreign policy. The real U.S. policy, as articulated by former State
Department "wise man" George Kennan in his TOP SECRET recommendations to President Truman in 1948. Also, reflections
on being a "racketeer for Wall Street" by two-time Congressional medal of honor winner Major General Smedly Butler; trenchant
quotes and observations by other public figures.
