Hedges: Heeding James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’
A century after its publication, the timeless novel warns us about the poisons of nationalism and idolatry and the commonality of our sojourns between birth and death.
If doomsday prepping has taught me anything, it’s that we can’t survive alone
Sometimes at second hand books stores I find myself with an armful of books, thinking “These will come in handy if …...
How to get teenagers to read important books? Ban them.
There’s no better way to get a teenager to read a book than to ban it.
NYT twists stats to insist we need more policing
A position that is, in fact, highly disputed, and worth debunking in detail, since it’s a popular one these days, both in the Times and in other prominent outlets.
An uncharitable view of charity
The need for charity only exists because we’re tolerating intentional injustices and widespread inequality created by power elites.
How the U.S. transportation system fuels inequality
For decades, the federal government has allocated about four times as much funding to roadways as it has to public transit such...
Why is Ali the last American hero?
At least once a week, a stranger writing a book, magazine article, newspaper feature, or blog; representing a documentary film, radio serial,...
Save our endangered cartoonists
Right before our eyes, an invaluable American species is fast disappearing from view: Kartoonus Amerikanas.
These are the newspaper...
MLK Day special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his own words
While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign to address issues of economic justice.
Martin Luther King, Jr., internationalist
His outlook went well beyond our borders.