Book Review: Descent Into Chaos
The popular news reporting from Pakistan is limited, even more so than that coming from Afghanistan, which is even more limited than that from Iraq, in turn now becoming more limited as attention is directed towards Iran.
Atlanta: Public Gives Input on Beltline Affordable Housing
The Beltline Affordable Housing Advisory Board (BAHAB) held the first citywide conversation on affordable housing as it relates to the BeltLine, on July 08, 2008, the first in a series of meetings seeking to generate feedback from the community over the coming weeks.
How the Left Saved Capitalism
There is an entire genre of theory explaining why the Western capitalist democracies did not undergo socialist revolution in the 20th Century, as Classical Marxism had predicted. Not surprisingly, most of this material comes from the Left itself.
Bush, Herbert Hoover, and Memories of the Great Depression
While preparing a lecture on the Great Depression, I saw TV news clips of George Bush saying that the economy was “sound.” He has actually said that a few times in the last few weeks.
Arizona Republicans Force a Second Anti-gay Ballot Measure
Arizona's November ballot will feature an anti-marriage equality initiative. Republicans, who control the state senate, passed the measure by the barest margin earlier this month. If passed by the voters, it would put in place a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.
