Last night I happened to wander into a book-signing at The Poisoned Pen by Glenn Beck’s favorite novelist, the racist, Muslim-hating Brad Thor.…
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Against Pragmatism: King and Obama Are Polar Opposites
Today is Martin Luther King Day, and the United States has a President who, though black, would most likely have…
Disguises I Have Worn: Why Subterfuge Is Necessary for Investigative Journalism
By Barry Graham I’ve been following the Guardian’s coverage of the News International phone-hacking scandal. While I think hacking a person’s…
Effective Self-Defense Includes Never Talking to Cops
By Barry Graham Benjamin Whitmer brought my attention to this essay on self-defense by Sam Harris. It’s a fairly good piece, and…
Abortion: Choose Your Ideology and Defend It
By Barry Graham Pro-abortion propaganda, dumbed down to the level of an advertisement—embodies the pathology of the U.S., where ideological…
Why Pundits Cannot Discuss the Occupy Movement
By Barry Graham As the movement that began with Occupy Wall Street continues to spread nationwide, media commentators and political…
The “Message” of Occupy Wall Street Could Not Be Clearer
By Barry Graham The most common criticism I hear of Occupy Wall Street is that the protestors have no clear,…
Ursula K. Le Guin’s rousing speech at the National Book Awards 11/19/2014
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How Albert Woodfox Survived Solitary
As one of the Angola 3, he was in isolation longer than any other American. Then he came home to…
Lessons from the School of Radical Change: Notes of a Slow Learner
By John P. Clark Photo: At middle to lower left, Mama D, me, and Merc from the Soul Patrol, with…