Archive for August, 2010

An Unsanitized Look at the Origins of the Iraq War

August 31, 2010
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Neo-conservatives within the Bush Administration – Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith, Defense Policy Board member Richard Perle, and others, repeatedly told us on TV that individuals who opposed President George W. Bush’s attack, invasion, and occupation of...

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Remaking California: Reclaiming the Public Good

August 17, 2010
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R. Jeffrey Lustig has compiled (and contributed) to an amazing set of useful essays that examine the many maladies plaguing California’s politics and public institutions and provide food for thought that points to possible remedies. Remaking California: Reclaiming the Public Good, is the most important book on contemporary California politics to be published in...

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University of Phoenix: Something Right Out of David Mamet

August 6, 2010
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“Always Be Closing” is the slogan of “Premiere Properties,” the fictional Chicago real estate office in David Mamet’s play, Glengarry Glen Ross. “Always Be Closing” is not only the theme of Mamet’s examination of the tyranny of the “bottom line” over human relationships, but also appears to be the driving principle behind the “University”...

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