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Musings for Monday
W.J. Astore A quick Google search reveals that, “According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, it would cost $20 billion to end homelessness in the United States.” That’s roughly the...
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The Bankruptcy of the Democratic Party
Yes, the Democratic leadership is still bankrupt of principles, even as it’s rolling in donor money. Joe Biden, for example, promised a $15 federal minimum wage. He abandoned that promise. He promised...
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America Is Programmed for War
W.J. Astore In my latest article for TomDispatch, I write that America is programmed for war. It’s a feature of our polity and our politics and our culture, not a bug. In some sense, we are a country...
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Lying and Deception in the Iraq War – and Today
The Big Lie is common in America today. The election was stolen from Trump. Climate change is a hoax. Biden is the new FDR. America can’t afford a $15 minimum wage or health care for all. The biggest...
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David Versus Goliath in the Middle East
This week brings another round of one-sided battles between Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza. I think many Americans are like my 10-year-old self, thinking of Israel as an innocent democracy...
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Marxism in the Military!
W.J. Astore A friend sent along an article on a certain lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force who is being disciplined because he wrote a book warning about Marxism in the U.S. military. Apparently...
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Time Again for a Nuclear Freeze, Followed by Reduction and Elimination
W.J. Astore The bomb in “Beneath the Planet of the Apes.” Not our Alpha, but it could very well be our Omega Coming of age in the 1970s, I had a real fear of nuclear Armageddon. Mutually Assured...
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Diversity and Inclusion!
Hooray for diversity, the 1980s version W.J. Astore I got a circular from a university today boasting of their efforts to encourage diversity and inclusion. Good things for sure. Such circulars and...
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Culture War!
W.J. Astore I saw another article this weekend about culture war in America. Supposedly, America is deeply divided, and I’m not denying there are divisions. But when you ask Americans what they want,...
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Guns and Money!
W.J. Astore Remember in the 1930s how Americans referred to arms dealers, especially those who profited from war, as “merchants of death”? Yes, that was indeed a long time ago in a galaxy far far...
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Memorial Day 2021
W.J. Astore In my village, there’s a memorial to the men who served in “the war with Germany,” 1917-18, which we now call World War I. Here’s a photo of it that I took a few days ago: It includes the...
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