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Michael K. Smith

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Shame Was The Spur: The Public Life of Noam Chomsky

Chomsky forensically examined the claim that the establishment media operate as an objective check on the excesses of the powerful, marshalling...

08.12.2025 20

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Michael K. Smith

The Return of Elliot Abrams

Elliot Abrams, U.S. special envoy to Venezuela during Trump’s first term, said in a recent Foreign Affairs article that the president’s advisors...

30.11.2025 7

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Who Was Eugene Debs?

Zohran Mamdani’s quoting of Eugene Debs in his recent victory speech (for mayor of New York City) should awaken interest in the man who gained a...

14.11.2025 10

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No Kings, Fascism, and Democracy

“The disease gets worse and worse every year, and the only remedy that will have permanent effect is to abolish private ownership of industry and...

29.10.2025 10

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Jimmy Carter: the False Savoir

A pious Sunday school teacher confessing to lust in his heart but swearing never to lie, he came to Washington to reestablish public faith in...

30.12.2024 30

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RFK Jr. Praises Wacky Wellness Gurus, Blames Fauci for Everything From Bad Breath to Jock Itch

” . . . slimy, dishonest, [a] stunning display of ignorance . . . [A] god-awful book.” —–Molecular biologist Dan Wilson reviewing RFK Jr.’s...

29.11.2024 10

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