Author: Geov Parrish

Wanker of the Day: Michael Kazin

Michael Kazin is a professor of history at Georgetown University, a co-editor of Dissent Magazine, and, no doubt, fancies himself a great champion of The People. In Sunday’s NYT Review section, he spends nearly a full page...

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The New Middle East Order

I missed this earlier this week: a NYT interview, pre-UN General Assembly opening, with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. It’s worth a read. In it, Davutoglu, who toured Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia last week with...

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The Work the Rest of Us Did

Elizabeth Warren has a video debunking of the right’s “class warfare” cries that’s going viral. Here’s the money quote: I hear all this, you know, “Well, this is class warfare, this...

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Passing Observation

It all depends on who you kill (or allegedly kill). The line between getting a lethal needle in your arm and getting the Congressional Medal of Honor can be so slim.

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Casual Observations

I’ve been busy with work the past few days – I should have mentioned in last week’s introduction that my day job, at least through November, is helping someone try to get elected to Seattle City Council, so...

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