Summary:Â Yesterday’s introduction by Tom Engelhardt explained how we follow experts with records of almost continuous failures, but are surprised by the logical result. Today Andrew Bacevich takes this logic one step deeper, asking about the role of intellectuals in setting America’s geopolitical strategy — which has been one of increasing belligerence and militarization during …
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Summary:Â An essential part of leaning as citizens is learning on whom to rely. We don’t do this well, an important part of the FAILure to learn which has imperiled the Republic. Today Tom Engelhard — editor of the invaluable website TomDispatch —Â shows how since 9/11 a coterie of always-wrong experts have helped build the …
Summary:Â Exactly one year ago Glenn Greenwald published the first of Snowden’s revelations. Two days later I forecast that our response to these momentous disclosures would be nothing. That our passivity would mark the birthday of the New America, and the death of the Second Republic (under the Constitution). Today I add this to the …
Celebrate what happened one year ago. It’s the birthday of a New America! Read More »
Summary: We made a compact with ourselves when creating the United States, ratified by elected officials to show consent of the governed for so long as the Constitution lived. Many considered this a bold act, one with few if any precedents. But our forefathers successfully fought to defend the Republic for over 200 years against …
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Summary: Our reaction to the revelations about the NSA spying on us reveal much about America. Here we review some of the more interesting ones. See our New America in the mirror. Contents The usual suspects defend the government against us Our best & brightest defend the government, not us A real hero replies …
America’s wise men defend the government’s surveillance programs Read More »
