Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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Outrageous hilarity of ‘The Producers’ a critique of capitalist fraud
August 15, 2019I haven’t heard it lately as part of Bernie Sanders’s current shtick, but I distinctly recall him saying in his last presidential run that “Fraud is the business model of Wall Street.”
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‘A is for Activist’ introduces toddlers to people and ideas on the left
August 12, 2019Imagine my surprise when I opened a 5.5-inch square children’s board book at the home of my niece and her husband and my grandnieces and found myself on virtually every page!
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Christian Communism: Meet the hosts of ‘The Magnificast’ podcast
August 7, 2019A podcast about the things they didn't teach you in Sunday School.
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Television and Tito in new exhibitions at the Wende Museum
August 2, 2019I remember thinking, on my forays into Eastern European socialism in the 1970s and ’80s, that politics aside, most people’s lives ambled along pretty uneventfully. The Wende exhibition confirms this impression.
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Can Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter keep his Southern California seat?
July 26, 2019The charges against Duncan Hunter are that he illegally spent campaign funds on vacations complete with zip-lining, hotel stays in Las Vegas and other resorts, sports clothes, video games, the race track, and at least twice,...
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‘The Mountain’: A disturbing feature about lobotomy in the 1950s
July 24, 2019Perhaps The Mountain can be seen as the menacing underside of the Madison Avenue success that America in the 1950s was built up to be.
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‘An American Saga Revival of Gunshot Medley: Part I,’ a Black epitaph
July 23, 2019A lyrical and mystical new play with live music is a high-power rifle shot across the bow of systemic American racism.
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Thornton Wilder says humanity must go on in ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’
July 22, 2019Picture yourself in a comfortable middle-class home on the Atlantic City Boardwalk in Excelsior, New Jersey—during the Ice Age!
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