Month: November 2011
I suppose Edward Jay Epstien's is at least more creative than Naomi Wolf's, but it's no more convincing. ...see also Irin Carmon.
The news that Herman Cain is "reassessing" his presidential campaign after a woman's claim that she had a 13-year extramarital affair with him became a news story once again illustrates.
Andrew Martin has a fascinating article about how things work in a winger-dominated DA's office in Illinois. First, people are convicted based almost entirely on not-very-plausible confessions extracted from.
1. Conditions at Chinese computer manufacturing plants remain horrible. Apple has claimed they will look into these problems, but actual action remains unlikely. The workers themselves are fed up and.
(This be yet another one of them posts. The direct sequel to this one, in fact.) In the previous post, we learned that the Doctor can accomplish quite a bit by yelling.
Duss: As a recent CBS poll showed, the neoconservative agenda remains broadly unpopular among Americans, but as long as neocons continue to occupy prominent think tanks, editorial boards, and cable news.
The threat of his becoming President of the United States has passed, but Texans (including the many who didn't vote for him) remain stuck with him.
Corey Robin has more, and it's crucial reading: Like many critics of state coercion in America, Wolf seems to assume that political repression requires or entails national coordination and centralized.