Forty years ago in a social and political climate not unlike our own, Columbia University erupted in student protest. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) occupied several administrative buildings to protest racial discrimination, the university’s support for the military-industrial complex, and total domination of university governance by corporate administrators. This spark soon ignited a wildfire […]
He’s no Bernie Sanders or Dennis Kucinich, but Joe Biden is probably the best
the left could have hoped for Barack Obama to pick as his running mate. A Biden
pick means that the next Democratic White House will be relatively free from
significant influence by the center-right Democratic Leadership Council (DLC).
This would not have been true if […]
In an op-ed for the New York Times on August 17, Paul Krugman argued that “a hard-hitting populism . . . would give [Barack Obama] a landslide victory this year.” While it is inarguably true that a more passionate focus on the economy would bolster Obama’s campaign, is populism really the answer? Considering that CNN’s […]
Contrary to what the mainstream media are telling us, the real tragedy of South Ossetia has nothing to do with Georgian territorial integrity or Russianhumanitarian efforts to preserve peace and stability in a volatile region.Rather, the real tragedy of South Ossetia is that a nation — the Republic ofSouth Ossetia — is being deprived of […]
