Guardian Angel
I just ran across an article that said hurricane Sandy reminds us how much we rely on governments to protect …
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Are You In?
I am tired of Barack Obama asking me if I’m in. I’m tired of Michelle Obama asking me if I’m …
What Is a Manifesto?
I don’t have practical experience with revolutionary political movements, or with civil resistance. Moreover, people familiar with my work know that I’m a generalist. So I suppose I might have known the essay would not become a handbook after all.
Voting Mischief
Do you remember in high school student council elections, when people would wonder whether Porky Pig or Bugs Bunny might …
Compliance and Control in Public Schools
By now you’ve probably read about the school district in Texas that wants to spend some large sum of money …
Rethinking 9/11
Cues and frameworks affect our perceptions so strongly. This afternoon, I reach the last mile and a half or so …
Curiosity, Truth, and Assassination
I wrote a while back about the fishiness factor for political crimes. When Jack Ruby walks up to Lee Oswald …
Explosive Evidence
This version of the film – released for the eleventh anniversary of 9/11 and broadcast on Colorado Public Television – …
Game Up in Afghanistan
Here’s another article that suggests we’re in trouble in Afghanistan due to cultural insensitivity: In Afghanistan, cultural cluelessness can be …
Unexceptional Truths about America
How American exceptionalism became a contested concept in the culture wars is an interesting, significant story. I only know part …
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
“When you lie to the government, they put you in jail. When the government lies to you, we go to …
The Jeffersonian 