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Sergeant Bales and the Cultural Contradictions of Late Imperialism
Despite the header, which owes an obvious debt to Daniel Bell’s The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism, this post is not an attempt at high theory. While I’m sure, in what follows, there is plenty...
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On the Possibilities of a Tragic Left
This seems about right, and bears some relevance (and challenge) to my own thinking: To end by rephrasing the question posed earlier: the left in the capitalist heartland has still to confront the fact...
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Sortition: The New Abolition?
In honor of Gore Vidal’s passing, let’s propose something at once radical, democratic, and republican. Let’s talk about SORTITION. As Vidal and most others have already taken note, our “democracy” is a...
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A Return to Seriousness
Here’s a link to an audio version of my latest piece. (That sonorous voice is decisively not mine.) Here’s the text. And take the time to check out the rest of the website. It’s a new venue that just...
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Hannah Arendt on Zionism
What follows are excerpts from Hannah Arendt’s neglected but eerily prescient essay, “Zionism Revisited,” which she published in… 1944. I recommend that all concerned observers, no matter your...
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Jews Debating Jews on Israel (Part II)
This post marks a continuation of a Facebook debate I’ve been having with a friend who served in the Israel Defense Forces during the 2006 Lebanon War. You can see my previous reply here. I plan on...
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The Black Book of Empire: What Americans Ought to Know in 2015
For most of 2010, I served in Afghanistan as a Marine intelligence officer. I spent about half the deployment visiting my troops at remote patrol bases, accompanying them on missions, and developing a...
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The Same People
I suppose I’d find the self-righteous indictments of the looting more bearable if the indicters weren’t the same people making endless excuses for why rich white men should be let off the hook for...
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Socialism is (Almost) Everything
So I’ve now stumbled on a dozen journalists, across the spectrum, who are confident they know what “socialism” means. All of them insist it’s about state ownership of the means of production....
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Fred Hiatt’s Liberalism
Not too long ago I came across an op-ed in The Washington Post arguing our nation should move toward a “gun-free society.” The author made clear this would be a long-term goal requiring a gradual but...
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