Opinion
Philosophy is dead, asserts Stephen Hawking in new book
September 14, 2010Stephen Hawking, one of the world's best known physicists and a great thinker-in-general, has written, after almost a ten year hiatus, a short new book that gives some surprising new answers to the ultimate questions of...
Read moreIrwin Silber, a craftsman of the folk revival, dies at 84
September 13, 2010Irwin Silber, the primary craftsman of the urban folk song revival, died Sept. 8.
Read moreMichael Moore: If the ‘mosque’ isn’t built, this is no longer America
September 11, 2010Michael Moore writes: I am opposed to the building of the "mosque" two blocks from Ground Zero. I want it built on Ground Zero.
Read moreFrom margins to mainstream: the rise of Rush, Sarah and gang
September 10, 2010Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin, tea party, etc., comfortably nestle in the Republican Party, endangering to the extreme democracy and progress.
Read moreHow would a Tea Party Congress govern?
September 10, 2010A growing part of the 2010 mid-term election campaigning by labor and other progressive groups involves warning voters what life would actually be like if the Tea Party took over the Congress.
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