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Q & A Ask the Communists
September 10, 2004Ask the Communists Q: I agree with some of the Communists’ ideas, but how do you convince others to work for the common good? A: The question you ask is a crucial one. There is no...
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Bushs groupthink caused failure of imagination
September 10, 2004“Bush’s lack of interest in the flood of attack warnings” before 9/11 (PWW 7/31–8/6) can be explained by this administration’s Iraq obsession. Two conceptual frames have recently entered our vocabulary. “Groupthink” is used to blame the...
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The investigators
September 10, 2004Special Agent Mortimer Friendly of the FBI had just finished a cold dinner of tuna fish out of the can, withered salad left over from yesterday, and a roll, also from yesterday, a meal that was...
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An appreciation of Morris Schappes
September 10, 2004Morris Schappes, radical Jewish historian and editor emeritus of Jewish Currents, the left-wing secular Jewish magazine, has died at age 97. His teaching career at City College ended in 1941 because Schappes was one of 40...
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Battle cry
September 10, 2004I don’t know about other people, but now that I’ve seen the Republicans do their worst, I feel I know my enemy and how to combat him. It’s simple: Tell the truth. The Democratic Party has...
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