Monthly Archives: November 2015

Dangerous Escalation in Syria

by William Skink Things may be getting even more complicated in Syria after Turkey shot down a Russian plane. How will Russia respond? When it comes to foreign policy, we know how Neoliberal hawks like Hillary respond to provocation: more … Continue reading

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Goodbye, Humanities

by William Skink I graduated from the University of Montana in 2003 with an English degree. 12 years later, the humanities at UM are being directly threatened by the steady enrollment decline. It turns out that attacking humanities is not … Continue reading

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Furthering the Deep State

By JC (This originally started off as just a comment to Skink’s last post, but in my usual rambling way progressed way beyond comment material, so I thought I’d just pot it up here, as it goes way off his … Continue reading

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The Cowardice of Omission

by William Skink As pathetic partisans exploit the refugee crisis to score political points against their political opponents, Obama’s State Department approved a 1.29 billion dollar arms sale to Saudi Arabia. That’s right, just three days after the Paris attack, … Continue reading

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Hell No, Barbie

by William Skink We live in a security state, that’s not debatable. We know we are being spied on. As Greenwald pointed out yesterday on Democracy Now, no restrictions have actually been put into effect after the disclosures made by … Continue reading

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