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Syria Burning
The US seems to be giving up on training Syrian rebels. The Russians continue the bombing of ISIS targets, even while some of their missiles land in…
10 years, 6 months ago
Is the country even worse off than it seems?
As a nation we have often faced existential crisis. The Civil War, the onset of the industrial revolution, the robber barons, the great depression, …
10 years, 6 months ago
Detroit once symbolized America
Every great city has it’s defining era. Not always good, but certainly one that shapes its fortunes and reinforces its place in the urban pantheon. …
10 years, 6 months ago
A Not So Random Walk Through L.A.
The lyrics say that “nobody walks in L.A.” That certainly has been true, in a city whose inhabitants were long hermetically sealed inside their cars…
10 years, 6 months ago
War of the Whales: An environmental adventure story
We all know the old bromide, you can’t fight City Hall. Well imagine how tough it must be to take on the US Navy. Especially if the cause is about…
10 years, 7 months ago
This woman changed and defined Hollywood in the 70's
Hollywood is a like sports or politics. Each generation gives us stars and personalities that both reflect the culture and tenor of the times and al…
10 years, 7 months ago
War Correspondent to the World's Women
The world today is a dangerous, unstable and violent place. And while Stephen Pinker tells us that today is less violent than at any other time in h…
10 years, 7 months ago
The Moral Panic of the 1980's
We see today in the debate regarding immigration, a little bit about the the ways that falsehood and mass hysteria, mixed with doses of fear and chan…
10 years, 7 months ago
The Making of Asian America
For reasons that are both complicated and simplistic, immigration has become the issues of our time. Fifty years ago the passage of the Immigration …
10 years, 7 months ago
Labor Day for Domestic Workers
Imagine one movement the combines every contemporary progressive social issue; race, immigration, Civil Rights, the labor movement, gender discrimina…
10 years, 7 months ago