Archives for 2009

The Beatles’ Revolution: Idealistic Individualism

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Flickr : Thomas Duchnicki"][/caption] I love the Beatles. Any difference in opinion between I and their lyrics is not something that will ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 12:49 PM.

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Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

[caption id="attachment_70" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Paul Gauguin's "D'où venons-nous? / Qui sommes-nous? / Où allons-nous?", 1897"][/caption] I love Chris Harman's book, A People's History of the World, ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 8:33 AM.

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In Which I Respond Briefly to Lawrence Lessig’s Socialism

[caption id="attachment_58" align="alignright" width="300" caption="by agitprop on Flickr"][/caption] Lawrence Lessig, open source and political hero to many, including me, has recently responded to Kevin Kelley's article ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 1:30 PM.

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The Keffiyeh Scarf in Popular American Culture

Only this year did I learn about the keffiyeh scarf being used as a symbol of solidarity with Palestine, pretty much the same time I ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 12:34 AM.

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The New Socialism Sounds Suspiciously Like The Old Socialism

[caption id="attachment_52" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="by BinaryApe (Flickr)"][/caption] Through a mention by Nancy Scola via TechPresident, I found a really awesome article on Wired today called "The ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 11:45 AM.

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What’s Scarier: The Murderer or the Lynch Mob?

[caption id="attachment_47" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo/stencil by clagnut (on Flickr)"][/caption] Recently my building was burglarized. Days later, there was a drive-by shooting down the street. The reason ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 4:37 PM.

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How to Discover the Truth (Maybe, Sorta)

I've probably talked a lot about this before, since it's been driving me nuts lately, but I try to explain often that I don't really ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 9:06 PM.

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The Techno is the Political?

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCUuEfgqctk&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1]Ok I'll admit it. I love techno. I'm an ex raver. I love all the little kandi kids. Some rave songs make me cry. Techno ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 1:21 AM.

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Review of the Inauguration

I have little to compare this inauguration to as I don't think I've ever watched an inauguration before. I imagine it was quite a bit ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 6:07 PM.

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Communal vs Individualist

I just received an email from the Barack Obama mailing list pointing me to a new government-endorsed volunteer site, complete with the the supersexy site ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 7:02 PM.

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Kill them all? Really? A total rant.

It's REALLY unfortunate when ignorant, hateful assholes put their support behind a cause, because it encourages viewers to assume that these people represent what they're ...

4 Comments. Posted by admin on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 7:13 PM.

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Ideas for Change in America

I'm writing to tell/remind you about the Change.org: Ideas for Change in America "competition". This project was created in response to Barack Obama's call for ...

0 Comments. Posted by admin on Monday, January 5, 2009 at 6:52 PM.

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