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Monthly Archives: July 2018
Inequality, Petaluma, Public Event
Robert Reich with Lynn Woolsey in Petaluma on the Winning Formula for Democrats: Tax the Wealthy to Address Inequality, Run an ‘Under 50’ Candidate for President
by Christopher Fisher •
With the state of the Democratic Party opposition, upcoming midterms and the 2020 presidential race in the news with some regularity, it dawned on me that I’d not yet written about a very interesting gathering that took place in Petaluma a few months back at which the need for electoral change was much discussed. On April…
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Media & Media Analysis, Trump
Good God, The Russia Obsession! How Liberals Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the New McCarthyism
by Christopher Fisher •
Ever seen anything like that collective hysterical freakout over the Trump-Putin summit? I have not, and I’ve been paying some attention for 40-odd years. Don’t forget CBS News head honcho Les Moonves’s candid comments during the 2016 presidential campaign: “Trump is damned good for CBS News” because higher ratings = higher profits, and we’re all…
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Literature, Public Event
The Agony and Aghastitude: Thomas Frank on Our Rendezvous With Oblivion
by Christopher Fisher •
I suspect that for a lot of prosperous liberals, it wouldn’t be such a bad thing. For them, there’s an alternative to political victory: a utopia of scolding. Who needs to win elections when you can personally reestablish the rightful social order every day on Twitter and Facebook? When you can scold, and scold, and…
