Author Archives: jsl915@aol.com

Seattle teacher Jesse Hagopian in the Seattle Times, (thank you, CommonDreams.org.) “America faces incredible challenges: endless war, climate change and worldwide economic implosion. Our kids will need both traditional academic abilities and innovative critical-thinking skills to solve these real problems. … Continue reading →

of our useful idiot so-called journalistic class, as they they function as megaphones for Pete Peterson’s deficit boondoggle.  Remapping Debate listens to the yapping of the fourth- estate lapdogs.

Co-writing Elena Tchernichova’s memoir has been a voyage into my own past as well, since I was friends with her as many of the book’s events unfolded. In the Preface, I recall: “November 21, 1981, in the studios of American … Continue reading →

Glenn Greenwalk in The Guardian reacts to the railroading of Aaron Swartz: “The US has become a society in which political and financial elites systematically evade accountability for their bad acts, no matter how destructive. Those who torture, illegally eavesdrop, … Continue reading →

“Fortuny y Madrazo: An Artistic Legacy” at the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute. Reviewed by Laura Jacobs in The Wall Street Journal

Writing in the Guardian: “the theory being used to prosecute Manning would convert almost every government source for newspapers into a traitor. Given that, it’s extraordinary how relatively little interest, let alone opposition, large media outlets have expressed about this … Continue reading →

Are they public?  I want to buy stock. As climate and the environment goes to smash and the “mainstream” media refuses to pay attention, I predict that Inside Climate News–insideclimatnews.com–will become, shall we say, hotter and hotter. Katherine Bagley wrote … Continue reading →

This follows on the disturbing news last month that the Times was eliminating 30 news room positions, offering buyouts but then distributing pink slips if the buyout offers didn’t bring enough takers. Does the Times not understand that its trump … Continue reading →

And it’s doing it: shutting down its environment desk. I’m afraid this is part of the widening disconnect between what the “mainstream” commercial media tells us is important and the dissenting verdict of reality itself. It’s getting worse and worse: … Continue reading →

The Center for American Progress crunches the numbers.