Political Theatre category archive
“Those Who Forget Ignore History . . . .”
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At the Bangor Daily News, professor Ian Mette argues forcefully that America needs to take its blinders off and teach the history it has rather than the history it wishes it had. A nugget (emphasis added):
We continue to see attacks on people who give voice to the historically marginalized, including groups based on identities such as racial, ethnic, cultural, religious, and sexual identity/orientation, just to name a few. And we often fail to acknowledge that our country’s economy was founded on the enslavement of people to propel itself into a global powerhouse in just a few short generations . . . .
“What You Don’t Know Can’t Hurt Us” 0
Will Bunch explores Republicans’ war on public education. A snippet:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
I think I have noted before that I regularly turn off “autoplay” in Youtube because I don’t want Youtube’s algorithm making choices for me, and Youtube turns it back on when I’m not looking.
And around and around we go.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Christopher Dale is less than optimistic, and I fear he has reason.
Red Scare Redux 0
At the Idaho State Journal, retired professor Wayne Schow takes issue with Doyle Beck’s hyperventilating over a little bit of social safety netting. He explains that democratic socialism and Soviet style communism are not, in fact, the same thing, a distinction of which methinks many Americans are similarly unaware (as many seem also unaware of the concept of the “common good”).
Here’s a bit from his essay; follow the link for the rest.
The False Idol 0
Michael in Norfolk muses upon those who believe in a craven image.
Courting Disaster 0
A former federal prosecutor expresses his concern that some judges, including some on the nation’s highest court, are undermining the rule of law. Here’s a bit of his article:
Confronting the Claptrap 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of my local rag, responding to an earlier letter (linked at the link), cuts through the conservative claptrap in masterful fashion. A snippet; follow the link for the rest.
It’s the piece entitled “Long Journey,” the last letter on the page at the link.
Aside:
Normally, I would not offer such a cumbersome link, but the writer skewers sophistry so skillfully I must commend his work to your attention.
