February 2011
America's History of Intolerance →
“Live and let live” would appear to be a simple, sensible guide to social life, but obviously many Americans reject this creed with a vengeance.
They find toleration so unpleasant that they support the imprisonment of hundreds of thousands of individuals whose personal behavior they regard as offensive.
Why do so many Americans favor the use of coercive sanctions to enforce repression? Perhaps...
January 2011
“You’ve heard all about Christina Green, but do you know about Brisenia Flores?...”
– When the politically fueled murder of a 9-year-old girl in Arizona is NOT national news | Media Matters for America
The trial details are frightening and disgusting.
(via shorterexcerpts)
“The dominant propaganda systems have appropriated the term ‘globalization’ to...”
– Noam Chomsky (via soupsoup)
“…the “war on science” is only the most blatant, surface manifestation of a...”
– David Brin (via azspot)
