A belated recap of what I read last month: Farbe bekennen, edited by May Ayim, Katharina Oguntoye, Dagmar Schultz; Freedom’s Soldiers edited by Joseph P. Reidy, Leslie S. Rowland, 1919 by Eve Ewing
Tag Archives: US politics
The Point of Michelle Wolf’s WHCD Monologue
On-point analysis of Michelle Wolf’s speech roast at the White House Correspondents Dinner by Rhonda Garelick at The Cut: Yes, it’s a sexist epithet, using a slur against women (“bitch”) to equate feminine behavior with inadequacy. But beyond that lay Wolf’s greater point: The White House currently resembles a misogynist dystopia, but the press has …
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In America the question has long since ceased to be whether or not we should go to war. Instead, we argue over how we go about maintaining and expanding an already endless landscape of wars. What We Do Best Patrick Blanchfield on the acceptance and depoliticization of war in US (political) life.
There have continued to be protests. There’s no reason why there should not be. But every Black Lives Matter leader of any note has spoken clearly denouncing Johnson’s atrocity. Indeed, if anything the continuing protests have been tempered calls for an end to violence on all sides. For all the horror, the outrage has spawned …
We’ve always basically known this was the case and that it was the actual intention behind these laws. But that knowledge was based on history, some studies and a lot of simple logic. But since 2008 numerous states have passed these laws. So we now have enough election data for an empirical study. A group …
Object Thrown At Hillary Clinton During Speech
Years ago, at Obstwiesenfestival, someone threw a beer at the singer of Oceansize. Mike Vennart barely ducked and responded with a snarled, Manchesterian “If you want to get me, you’ll have to get up earlier, you little fuckwit.” I bet Hillary Clinton found other words when she ducked a shoe thrown at her by a …
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Paul Ryan and Dignity
Paul Ryan, former running mate of Mitt Romney and still Representative for Wisconsin’s 1st district, spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) yesterday. He elaborated on his war view on the poor. Paul Krugman quotes two striking passages. First, on dignity: “The left is making a big mistake,” Ryan predicted. “What they’re offering people is …
Obamacare and Job Projections: Congressional Budget Office Clarifies
..at least as much as the CBO can clarify, in a Q&A. Paul Krugman quotes the most important passage: Q: Will 2.5 Million People Lose Their Jobs in 2024 Because of the ACA?A: No, we would not describe our estimates in that way. As others have pointed out, too, the reduced number of full-time workers …
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We’re not going to be disrespected,” conservative Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., added. “We have to get something out of this. And I don’t know what that even is. The Shutdown Caucus Explains Itself – Ta-Nehisi Coates – The Atlantic Coates can’t add anythng. Neither can I. Read Coates’ colleague Derek Thompson for more.
A small federal contractor on having her biggest client disappear – The Washington Post
This interview with a small business owner who mainly does web design for federal government agencies offers a good example of how potentially catastrophic this shutdown may be for the still weak US economy.A small federal contractor on having her biggest client disappear – The Washington Post
CLARITY AND CHAOS 