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The Treason of the Intellectuals | Chris Hedges
March 31, 2013 (TruthDig) -- The rewriting of history by the power elite was painfully evident as the nation marked the 10th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War. Some claimed they had opposed the war when they had not. Others among “Bush’s useful idiots” argued that they had merely acted in good faith on the information available; if they had known then what they know now, they assured us, t...
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Skin In The Game | John Michael Greer
Feb. 13, 2013 (Archdruid Report) -- The old-fashioned school districts that provided me with a convenient example in last week’s post here on The Archdruid Report represent a mode of politics that nobody, but nobody, talks about in today’s America. Across the whole landscape of our contemporary political life, with remarkably few exceptions, when people talk about the relationship between the poli...
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The Center Cannot Hold | John Michael Greer
Feb. 6, 2013 (Archdruid Report) -- When William Butler Yeats put the phrase I’ve used as the title for this week’s post into the powerful and prescient verses of “The Second Coming,” he had deeper issues in mind than the crisis of power in a declining American empire. Still, the image is anything but irrelevant here; the political evolution of the United States over the last century has concentra...
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Top 50 Journalism Professors in 2012 | JournalismDegree.org
June 13, 2012 (JournalismDegree.org) -- To recognize the accomplishments of top-tier journalism and communications professors across the country, Journalism Degree.org has developed a list of the Top 50 Journalism Professors in 2012. Traditionally, major news media channels were the chief transmitters of information about public affairs and pop culture. However, the role of journalism is changing...
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Life After Debt: We Don't Need Your Education | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 30, 2012 “Usually when you ask somebody in college why they are there, they'll tell you it's to get an education. The truth of it is, they are there to get the degree so that they can get ahead in the rat race.... The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.” --Abbie Hoffman One of most high profile commonalitie...
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Strange Jubilee | James Howard Kunstler
James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Apr. 9, 2012 -- Is there a Baby Boomer so dim in this land of rackets and swindles who thinks that he or she will escape the wrath of the Millennials rising? The developing story is so obvious that only an academic economist could fail to notice. Here's how it will go: some months from now -- as the financial unwind worsens, and the mirage of gainfu...
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Welcome To Happy Valley: Occupy Penn State,(Carolyn Baker)
Nov. 17, 2011 (CarolynBaker.net) -- State College, Pennsylvania, home of Penn State University, is ensconsed in a somewhat bucolic region of the commonwealth called Happy Valley. The name exquisitely connotes tranquility, American values, and the smiling faces of guileless, hard-working citizens. It is also home of the Nittany Lions, a name long synonymous with Penn State’s football team. The N...
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UC Davis Pepper-Spray Incident Reveals Weakness Up Top (Matt Taibbi)
Nov. 22, 2011 (Rolling Stone) -- Was absolutely mesmerized last night watching the viral video of the UC-Davis pepper-spraying. It was totally amazing, simultaneously one of most depressing and inspiring things I’ve seen in many years. To recap for those who haven’t seen it: police in paramilitary gear line up in front of a group of Occupy protesters peacefully assembled on a quad pathway. Comp...
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Rudderless (James Howard Kunstler)
Nov. 14, 2011 -- The Penn State football sex scandal, and the depraved response of the university community at all levels, tells whatever you need to know about the spiritual condition of this floundering, rudderless, republic and its ignoble culture. For nine years, head coach Joe Paterno covered up a grad student's report of having witnessed former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky anally rap...
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The Impermanence of Knowledge (Marcus Kracht)
Oct. 28, 2011 (domokos-kracht.eu) -- Abstract Knowledge is essential to our existence. Without knowledge life is almost impossible. So we need to care about what we know. In the recent past mankind has managed to collect enormous amounts of knowledge. This era is now nearing its end. For knowledge is, perhaps surprisingly, intimately connected with energy. We are at present in for a severe ener...
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SAT reading scores fall to lowest level on record (Justin Pope)
Sept. 14, 2011 (AP) -- SAT reading scores for the high school class of 2011 were the lowest on record, and combined reading and math scores fell to their lowest point since 1995. The College Board, which released the scores Wednesday, said the results reflect the record size and diversity of the pool of test-takers. As more students aim for college and take the exam, it tends to drag down average...
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