Here at The Pacific, we (speaking figuratively, for I am but one writer) want to make a statement in defense of liberal democracy, courageous journalism and freedom of speech or, more poetically, the Liberal We. The Liberal We is currently under attack from various political and cultural entities: the Nationalistic Us, the Racist Us, the… Read More In Defense of Speaking the Liberal We
Thought I’d share a link to this astute and eloquent opinion piece from Norman Solomon of RootsAction on the misguided support from the NY Times Editorial Board for the latest American war. — JK Perpetual War Is Fine With the New York Times After All – RootsAction.
The published conversations between NY Times columnists Gail Collins and David Brooks are always witty and enlightening, thanks mostly to Collins’ wit and political enlightenment. More mutual debate of this kind would be both more useful and entertaining than the typical monotonous monologues our pundits produce. In their latest tete-a-tete, we learn that the usually… Read More Collins & Brooks together again
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