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At Sixty-Five, the Peace Symbol Endures; Peace Not So Much
Banksy used it in an art piece; German soccer players wore it on their uniforms to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine; kids in Canada decorated cupcakes with it during its annual fundraising drive. At sixty-five, the Peace Symbol survives. Peace, on the other hand, not so much! Sixty-five years ago, British artist Gerald Holtom […]
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How to Reason with Scientists and Other Partially Rational Creatures
Scientists are increasingly aware that they need to improve their skills of public engagement, so as to combat scientific misinformation more effectively than they have been able to manage to date. This is a welcome development, on the whole, as the American public’s scientific illiteracy is boundless, which has contributed to substantial unnecessary loss of […]
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When the Government Thinks It Knows Best
Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatus—the bureaucracy, the police, the military. — Simone Weil, French philosopher, “Reflections on War“ It’s hard to say whether we’re dealing with a kleptocracy (a government ruled by thieves), a kakistocracy (a government run by unprincipled career politicians, […]
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Why Watering Down Palestinian Reality is a Crime
On February 20, the United Nations Security Council approved a statement, described in the media as a ‘watered-down’ version of an earlier draft resolution which would have demanded that Israel “immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory.” The intrigues that led to the scrapping of what was meant to be a binding […]
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Don’t Bow Down to a Dictatorial Government
If all that Americans want is security, they can go to prison. They’ll have enough to eat, a bed and a roof over their heads. But if an American wants to preserve his dignity and his equality as a human being, he must not bow his neck to any dictatorial government. — President Dwight D. […]
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What’s It All About, Alfie?
Set in postwar London, Alfie features Michael Caine as a chauffeur bent on promiscuity. After impregnating his girlfriend he takes off on vacation. He continues his life of womanizing, but he can’t hide forever. A misfortune strikes and Alfie is forced to face the product of his ways. This not the crux of the question, […]
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Rescue Our Democratic Society: Constitutionally Render Corporations Unequal to Humans
No other institutions consistently Rule over as Much in the World as the Giant Global Corporations – not governments, not armies, not religions and certainly not trade unions. These fictional corporate entities have largely achieved transcendent imperial status, as they amass coordinated control over capital, labor, technology and governments because they have secured the rights […]
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