by Justin E. H. Smith:
Category Archives: Politics
Photograph Opportunity
Never forget the clumsy efforts of the ruling class to plaster over their bottomless mendacity with carefully orchestrated images.
Bombs Away
In what has been a regular event since I began teaching
Marketing
People Familiar With Thinking
The same but better.
Soars
Capital favors conditions that support capital accumulation even at the expense of human flourishing.
Robert Fisk (1946-2020)
Robert Fisk, journalist and author of The Great War for Civilization, has died. Here he is, talking about that book. For those interested in anti-imperial politics and modern history, especially in terms of the Middle East, this is well worth your time.
Suppress
One way to suppress the vote, particularly of African Americans, was to require literacy tests. If you got one of the questions wrong on this test from the state of Louisiana, you would be barred from voting.
Poem
“I Want a President” by Zoe Leonard
Decline and Fall
Biden: “He thinks wind causes cancer. Windmills. It’s the fastest growing jobs…”
Trump: “I know more about wind than you do. It’s extremely expensive. Kills all the birds.”
analepsis 