Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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Opinion
Half a million COVID dead: Trump death cult meets shock doctrine
February 22, 2021Today we are a nation of the walking wounded—those of us still above ground.
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Culture
‘Agent Sonya,’ a biography of intrepid antifa spy Ursula Kuczynski
February 16, 2021For a couple of decades in the 1930s and 1940s, she was among the USSR’s most important windows to the outside world.
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Culture
Homage to Michael: My (East) German friend of half a century
January 15, 2021
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Opinion
Thanks to Trump, ‘death panels’ arrive in the City of Angels
January 6, 2021Whatever you do, don’t have a heart attack or stroke in L.A.
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Culture
‘Speaker for the God’: Historical fiction about Jeremiah illuminates enduring social issues
December 14, 2020Jeremiah, like other biblical prophets, was a spokesperson for the poor and powerless. He also warned the ruling class of his day to take the Babylonian threat seriously.
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News
U.S.A. is Number One as COVID-19 deaths pass quarter million
November 18, 2020Death mounts and the economy spirals, but the HEROES Act lies like a corpse on Mitch McConnell's desk.
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Culture
‘Accused’: Finnish composer tackles political interrogations from France, GDR and USA
November 18, 2020Living in a firmly established social democracy, Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg probably doesn’t hear very often about political interrogations in his own country, but the subject obviously interests him.
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Politics
The 2020 vote in California spelled qualified advancement—and some retreats
November 10, 2020Californians made gains on some of the ballot measures but lost on others.
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