American Institute for Economic Research, July 31, 2021 Will More Media Bias Save Democracy? James Bovard The Washington Post’s media columnist is summoning saviors because “our democracy is under attack.” Margaret Sullivan wants Washington journalists to adopt a “pro-democracy” frame and “start being patriotic.” Reporters should cease focusing on “winners and losers” in political skirmishes […]
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Baruch Spinoza: Selections on war and peace Baruch Spinoza: Fleeing peace for the despotic discipline of war Baruch Spinoza: Men shouldn’t choose slavery in time of peace for better fortune in war Baruch Spinoza: Peace is not mere absence of war Baruch Spinoza: Tyrants and war for its own sake Baruch […]
President Biden promised Americans a “summer of freedom” but the feds revoked it this week. First the CDC championed new mask mandates and then Biden announced that he would compel all federal employees to get Covid vaccines or be tested and hounded until they submitted. In his public announcement on Thursday, Biden said it is […]
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==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Baruch Spinoza: Selections on war and peace ==== Benedictus (Baruch) SpinozaFrom The EthicsTranslated by R. H. M. Elwes In so far as men are influenced by envy or any kind of hatred, one towards another, they are at variance, and are therefore to be feared in proportion, […]
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts French writers on war and peace ==== Francois de La RochefoucauldFrom Reflections or Sentences and Moral MaximsTranslated by J. W. Willis Bund Great and striking actions which dazzle the eyes are represented by politicians as the effect of great designs, instead of which they are commonly […]
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Baltasar GraciánFrom The Art of Worldly WisdomTranslated by Joseph Jacobs Many have claimed the title “Great,” like Caesar and Alexander, but in vain, for without great deeds the title is a mere breath of air. There have been few Senecas, and fame records but one Apelles. There […]
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United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|July 27, 2021 Rep. Raskin sets watchword for House select committee on January 6, branding pro-Trump putschist mob in historical context; Moving and revealing testimony by four police veterans of Trump’s lawless day; Officers ask Chairman Thompson to probe people and process that produced the armed [...]
Emotionally gripping testimony is no substitute for the hard facts that the feds continue to withhold. Folks who violently attacked police or others on January 6 deserve to be vigorously prosecuted. But the “collective terrorism guilt” card for all protestors that day (mostly including people who never entered the Capitol) won’t play outside DC or […]
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Biden’s Rescue Act Targets Americans’ Freedoms by James Bovard Since the 1800s, surly Americans have derided politicians for spending tax dollars “like drunken sailors.” Until recently, that was considered a grave character fault. But Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act shows that inebriated spending is now the path to national salvation. It was a common […]
