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Our country today, in two NYT headlines
Here’s What It Means to Be a Democratic Socialist Universal health care, taxing the wealthy and opposition to military aid to Israel are among the movement’s key tenets. Texas Public School Students May Soon Be Required to Read the Bible … Continue reading
Why can’t anybody stand us?
(We all know the one-word explanation for why nobody can stand us Americans right now.) The “us” I’m referring to are New Yorkers. Oh, we knew what you were thinking about us, even before social media. We see you every … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Culture, Government, Human rights, Immigration, Religious fundamentalism, Revolution, The Facts of Life, The god problem
Tagged "Taking Manhattan", "The Island at the Center of the World", British taking Manhattan, capitalism, democracy, Dutch New Amsterdam, freedom from religion, fundamentalist Christianity, Manhattan Island, multiculturism, multiethnicity, New England, New York, Puritanism, Russell Shorto, Wall Street
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Think Trump is crazy and stupid? Well, yeah, he is…but these guys are catching up!
From Harper’s Weekly Review: [T]he Taliban imposed a nationwide telecommunications shutdown in Afghanistan, cutting off the nation’s nearly 43 million inhabitants’ access to internet and telephone services for two days. “This measure was taken to prevent vice,” wrote Balkh province’s … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, News media, Religious fundamentalism, The Facts of Life, The god problem
Tagged Afghanistan, Harper's, the Taliban, Trump
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