Category Archives: Gar Alperovitz

How to Address the Korea Problem

Posted on July 7, 2017 by M. Meo

The President of the United States is threatening military action against North Korea, and the only response the Koreans have made, is to test a new long-range missile that can reach, potentially, Alaska. Suppose the U.S. bombs Korea.  Their reply … Continue reading →

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Same Old, Same Old

Posted on March 17, 2017 by M. Meo

Green Party activists, especially those motivated by anti-war sentiment, have no difficulty demonstrating the alignment between the Republican and Democratic parties, upholders both of the American Empire, through brutal military means. David Swanson imagines Trump’s budget originating in the thought, … Continue reading →

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Imagine the First Fascist Administration

Posted on July 18, 2016 by M. Meo

Your Intrepid Reporter has officially been assessed, by the State of Oregon, as sufficiently poor to qualify for free legal assistance (if you want to call it that); but he is deeply funded enough to be able to subscribe to … Continue reading →

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We Invaded Another Country

Posted on May 7, 2016 by M. Meo

but that’s okay, we invaded this small, remote country two weeks ago.  The wording of the Headline is interesting, don’t you think?  We invade a country and we learn about it in the frame, “Pentagon Confirms U.S. Grounds Troops in … Continue reading →

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Neighboring Jurisdiction Screws Jill Stein

Posted on March 6, 2016 by M. Meo

Longtime readers of this blog may recall that I received the link to Richard Winger’s Ballot Access News [the latest issue, dated 1 March, arrived today] from a retiring woman, not before making a pledge of eternal silence as to her … Continue reading →

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Dissolve NATO

Posted on February 4, 2016 by M. Meo

This just in, from the conservative British daily newspaper, the Telegraph Nato cannot defend its eastern allies and Russian tanks could be in the Baltic capitals within 60 hours according to new analysis from a US think tank. Current forces … Continue reading →

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Art Intuiting the Truth

Posted on December 20, 2015 by M. Meo

There was this song popular in the early Sixties, when I was young and impressionable. I like to sing it still, and give a gutteral delivery to the last word of the refrain Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley Poor … Continue reading →

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Pravda-on-the-Hudson and Izvestia-on-the-Potomac at it again

Posted on November 24, 2015 by M. Meo

“Reality has a strong liberal bias.” That is to say, the liberal newspapers lie. Now, an American University (A.U.) academic, Jeff Bachman, has documented what some readers may have surmised in reading drone news coverage over the years, but didn’t … Continue reading →

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Pioneer Courthouse Square

Posted on May 14, 2015 by M. Meo

Your Intrepid Reporter was arrested today (so, what else is new?) at the Starbucks on Pioneer Courthouse Square. The arresting officer a blue beach ball named Palmiter, was not inclined to arrest: he put me under detention and agreed that … Continue reading →

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Traduction par le Maître pour les élèves

Posted on May 6, 2015 by M. Meo

I have stolen this chart from today’s Paul Krugman column — no, excuse the imprecision, blog — but my discussion will be in language accessible to high school students, as in my misspent middle age I devoted twenty-seven years to … Continue reading →

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