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At what expense any valuable work is performed! At the expense of a life! If you do one thing well, what else are you good for in the meanwhile?
--Thoreau
There are two kinds of obscurity; one arises from a lack of feelings and thoughts, which have been replaced by words; the other from an abundance of feelings and thoughts, and the inadequacy of words to express them.
--Alexander Pushkin
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January 2005
January 1 - 2005 Predictions - Swans
3 - Things Evolve, But We Do Not "Change," Sorry... - Gilles d'Aymery
3 - Three Short 2005 Vignettes - Milo Clark
3 - Twenty News Stories To Appear In 2005 - Manuel García, Jr.
3 - Livin' The American Dream - Jan Baughman
3 - Boycotting the Hegemony -- Part One: Halliburton - Gerard Donnelly Smith
3 - Morality, Reason and Reichs - Milo Clark
3 - Let's Hear It for the Lyricists - Philip Greenspan
3 - Philosopher, Heal Thyself - Book Review by Charles Marowitz
3 - A Parisian Con Game - Joe Davison
3 - Blips #9 - Gilles d'Aymery
3 - Letters to the Editor
17 - America Has Left The Building... - Phil Rockstroh & John Steppling
17 - Working With Havel - Charles Marowitz
17 - Tsunami Relief: A Study In Hypocrisy - Joe Davison
17 - God And Country - Manuel García, Jr.
17 - The Insurgent Word: Bring It On? - Gerard Donnelly Smith
17 - Don Lee's Country of Origin - Book Review by Milo Clark
17 - Instructive Quotations (on Israel-Palestine) - Swans' Dossier
17 - The Dumb Prophet: An Allegory of Intelligence - Gerard Donnelly Smith
17 - Blips #10 - Gilles d'Aymery
17 - Letters to the Editor
31 - America Has Left The Building... Part II - Phil Rockstroh & John Steppling
31 - The Upside Down - Walter Laqueur One - Milo Clark
31 - Terrorism Upgraded To Normality - Walter Laqueur Two - Milo Clark
31 - Excessive Demands Will Exceed Capabilities - Philip Greenspan
31 - America's Health Is In Tainted Hands - Jan Baughman
31 - Johnny Carson - John Steppling
31 - Boycotting The Hegemony: Part Two, Bechtel - Gerard Donnelly Smith
31 - The Pledge Of Solidarity - Manuel García, Jr.
31 - And We Call It The "Paper Of Record!" - Book Review by Louis Proyect
31 - Shakespeare, Playwright Of The Diaspora? - Book Review by Charles Marowitz
31 - Le Chant des Partisans - Maurice Druon, Joseph Kessel & Anna Marly
31 - Blips #11 - Gilles d'Aymery
31 - Letters to the Editor
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February 2005
February 14 - It Makes The Unborn Baby Jesus Cry - Phil Rockstroh
14 - Put "-ocracy" On The Proper Prefix - Philip Greenspan
14 - Another Witch Hunt Story - Gilles d'Aymery
14 - The Draft - Ian Werkheiser
14 - Arthur Miller - Louis Proyect
14 - A Death In The Family - Charles Marowitz
14 - AVA Oregon!, RIP - Gilles d'Aymery
14 - Sha Sha Higby: An Appreciation - Milo Clark
14 - Implosion Time? - Milo Clark
14 - Musings On Natural Disasters - Charles Marowitz
14 - Canadian "Alternative" Media As Fifth Column? - Dave Patterson
14 - George Carlin: Apocalyptic Comedy - Book Review by Charles Marowitz
14 - On Liberty (book excerpt) - John Stuart Mill
14 - The Sacred And The Profane - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
14 - Blips #12 - Gilles d'Aymery
14 - Letters to the Editor
28 - The Ghost In The Hologram - Joe Bageant, Phil Rockstroh & John Steppling
28 - A Comparison Of Three Wartime Leaders - Philip Greenspan
28 - Learning From The Classics - Charles Marowitz
28 - New Boots In The Quagmire - Michael Doliner
28 - Fragile - Milo Clark
28 - Freedom And Democracy On The March - Gilles d'Aymery
28 - Vladimir Putin Writes To George W. Bush - Charles Marowitz
28 - Indecent Capitalism - Jan Baughman
28 - Antony Beevor's The Mystery Of Olga Chekhova - Book Review Charles Marowitz
28 - Talking Points For Suppressing Revolution - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
28 - Blips #13 - Gilles d'Aymery
28 - Letters to the Editor
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March 2005
March 14 - An Outcast's Inappropriate Aria - Phil Rockstroh
14 - Bring Back Poindexter, Please! - Richard Oxman
14 - The Insurgent Word: "Persona Non Grata" - Gerard Donnelly Smith
14 - The Open Society Revisited - Michael DeLang
14 - Side Effects Of Perverted Brains - Philip Greenspan
14 - Profiling, Torture & Knowledge - Francis Raven
14 - Never Underestimate The Power Of Fear - Milo Clark
14 - English vs. American Theatre Criticism - Charles Marowitz
14 - Framing - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
14 - An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge - Ambrose Bierce
14 - Blips #14 - Gilles d'Aymery
14 - Letters to the Editor
28 - Facing Down The Demons - Michael DeLang
28 - Some Call It Freedom But It Smells Like Death - Phil Rockstroh
28 - Neidermeyer Nation - Richard Macintosh
28 - BTK And The Double Life - Charles Marowitz
28 - The Art And Politics Of Film - John Steppling & David Walsh
28 - The ANWR Sing-Along - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
28 - Context And Accuracy - George F. Kennan's Famous "Quotation" - Gilles d'Aymery
28 - The Unlearned Lesson Of Joseph K. - Anna Kuros
28 - Puzzlement - Walter Laqueur Four - Milo Clark
28 - A Marine Son's Story - Nicholas DeVincenzo
28 - Scores for Wars: Where Have Wars Taken The U.S.? - Philip Greenspan
28 - Spring In Mind - Milo Clark
28 - Spreading Democracy Instead Of Gonorrhea - Richard Oxman
28 - Blips #15 - Gilles d'Aymery
28 - Letters to the Editor
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April 2005
April 11 - Of Margaret Mitchell, Blind Willie McTell, Wonder Bread, New York City Real Estate, And The Road To Proto-Fascism - Phil Rockstroh
11 - Genetic Or Cultural? - Milo Clark
11 - Another Day In The Life - Jan Baughman
11 - The Art And Politics Of Film - Part II - John Steppling & David Walsh
11 - Huxley In Tinsel Town - Charles Marowitz
11 - Wobblies! - Book Review by Louis Proyect
11 - The Nature Of Democracy - Michael Doliner
11 - Courage IV - Richard Macintosh
11 - Zimbabwe's Course - Joe Davison
11 - The Dream That Turned Into A Nightmare - Philip Greenspan
11 - Boycotting The Hegemony: Part Three, Bechtel II - Gerard Donnelly Smith
11 - Letters to a Young Poet (Letter Nine) - Rainer Maria Rilke
11 - Blips #16 - Gilles d'Aymery
11 - Letters to the Editor
25 - What's Consociational Patriotism? - Mohammed Ben Jelloun
25 - Of UberCulture And The River - Phil Rockstroh
25 - Cholera: Again, Genetic Or Cultural? - Milo Clark
25 - The Art And Politics Of Film - Part III - John Steppling & David Walsh
25 - Making Meaning - Richard Macintosh
25 - Deliberate Misstatements Of Anti-Semitism Are Counterproductive - Philip Greenspan
25 - Stephen Greenblatt's Will in the World - Book Review by Charles Marowitz
25 - Days Of Decay In LA-LA Land - Short Story by Joe Davison
25 - Open Letter to Howard Dean - Michael DeLang
25 - Escape From The Petty Bourgeois Lifestyle - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
25 - Blips #17 - Gilles d'Aymery
25 - Letters to the Editor
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May 2005
May 9 - Running On Fumes: A Journey To The End Of Empire - Phil Rockstroh
9 - "Un-American" Questions - Richard Macintosh
9 - Will The Withering Shrub Recover? - Philip Greenspan
9 - American Diktat, Russian Polls: The Presidential Press Conference - Jan Baughman
9 - Mommy, Is Aunt Sally In The Rice Puffs? - Don Fitz
9 - Remembering James Connolly - Joe Davison
9 - Workers, Socialists, And Democrats: Reflections On Strategy - Julio Huato
9 - Wearing Two Hats: The Director Takes On The Critic - Charles Marowitz
9 - John Lukacs's Democracy and Populism, Fear and Hatred - Book Review by Milo Clark
9 - La Muerte de Nadie - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
9 - Blips #18 - Gilles d'Aymery
9 - Vietnam, A Retrospective (Originally published in May 2000.)
9 - Letters to the Editor
23 - No Child Left Un-recruited - Gerard Donnelly Smith
23 - Love, Work, And Death In An Age Of Carelessness - Phil Rockstroh
23 - The Current State Of Theatre - Martin Epstein, Charles Marowitz & John Steppling
23 - Chris Matthews, The Interviewer As Mugger - Charles Marowitz
23 - Penetrating The Closed Mind With The Truth - Philip Greenspan
23 - Spinning Out Of Control: US Transgressions In The News - Jan Baughman
23 - Charles Glass On Mosul - Milo Clark
23 - Letters to a Young Poet (Letter Ten) - Rainer Maria Rilke
23 - A Case Of Touch And Go - Joe Davison
23 - Blips #19 - Gilles d'Aymery
23 - Statement - George Galloway
23 - Letters to the Editor
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June 2005
June 6 - Old Set, Establishment And The Rest Of Us - Milo Clark
6 - Have The Meanings Of Words Been Hijacked? - Philip Greenspan
6 - Decline And Fall Of The Plastic Empire - John Steppling
6 - Funding A Rational Treatment For Obesity - Jan Baughman
6 - Saul Bellow In Retrospect - Louis Proyect
6 - Peter Brook At Eighty - Charles Marowitz
6 - Stalin's Dream State - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
6 - A Plea To The US Antiwar Movement - Joe Davison
6 - Blips #20 - Gilles d'Aymery
6 - Letters to the Editor
20 - A Teacher to Emulate: Richard Macintosh (1933-2005) - Gilles d'Aymery
20 - My Friend, Richard - Alma A. Hromic
20 - Richard And Me - Deck Deckert
20 - Richard Macintosh on Swans
20 - American Mental Health - Michael Doliner
20 - Effective And Not So Effective Side Effects - Philip Greenspan
20 - The Insurgent Word: Impeachment - Gerard Donnelly Smith
20 - Rwanda: The General's Story - Mick Collins Interview
20 - US Foreign Policy Toward Iran And Iran's Nuclear Program - Ardeshir Ommani
20 - Brecht In Hollywood - Charles Marowitz
20 - McLibel: Food For Thought And Inspiration For The Soul - Jan Baughman
20 - Blips #21 - Gilles d'Aymery
20 - Letters to the Editor
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July 2005
July 4 - Defining The Enemy - Charles Marowitz
4 - Fourth Of July Greetings, From an Iraqi Perspective - Gilles d'Aymery
4 - Making Iraq The Central Front - Jan Baughman
4 - Prelude To A Military Disengagement - Philip Greenspan
4 - Who Needs Cold War Falsification? - Book Review by Louis Proyect
4 - Who Needs The Humbug? - Book Review by Charles Marowitz
4 - Who Needs Sophisms? - Book Review by Milo Clark
4 - Peaches - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
4 - Blips #22 - Gilles d'Aymery
4 - Letters to the Editor
18 - Srebrenica, Mon Amour: An Ostracized Narrative - Gilles d'Aymery
18 - Live 8, Gleneagles, And The Fight Against African Poverty - Raymond Garcia
18 - Reflections On The G-8 - Joe Davison
18 - Heading Home To Tavistock Square - Tim Keane
18 - What if? - Deck Deckert
18 - Imperial Revolutions - Michael Brooks
18 - An Iconoclast's View How It All Works - Philip Greenspan
18 - The Insurgent Word: Sedition - Gerard Donnelly Smith
18 - People Of The Lie - Milo Clark
18 - An Appreciation Of Christopher Fry: 1907-2005 - Charles Marowitz
18 - Blips #23 - Gilles d'Aymery
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August 2005
August 1 - Quit Kidding Us, Professor: Journalism Is Not Public Relations - George Beres
1 - Words, Words, Words - Deck Deckert
1 - Balkans' Blind Spot: Questioning the Lemmings - Gilles d'Aymery
1 - New Actuality In The Old Set? - Milo Clark
1 - Blowback From The A-Bombs - Philip Greenspan
1 - Living Simply, Simply Living - Michael Brooks
1 - Fraying Friendship: Ronald Aronson's Camus and Sartre - Louis Proyect
1 - Defenders Of The Witch Hunt: R. & A. Radosh's Red Star Over Hollywood - Charles Marowitz
1 - Paris Hilton: Spec Obit (2041) - Charles Marowitz
1 - Letters to the Editor
15 - Summer Reading
29 - Recipe For Change - Robert Wrubel
29 - The Noble Cause: Oil - Gilles d'Aymery
29 - Darwinism and Intelligent Economic Design - Jan Baughman
29 - Local Face Of Intimidation By Government Mind Control - George Beres
29 - Torture - Milo Clark
29 - "Terrorism" And "Security" - Michael Doliner
29 - A New Kind of Warfare - Philip Greenspan
29 - A Summons From God - Charles Marowitz
29 - Suffering - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
29 - Blips #24 - Gilles d'Aymery
29 - Letters to the Editor
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September 2005
September 12 - The Katrina Anomaly - Milo Clark
12 - The Insurgent Word: Suicide - Gerard Donnelly Smith
12 - The Declining Sole Superpower - Philip Greenspan
12 - Sylvia Weinstein's Fightback - Book Review by Louis Proyect
12 - Lawrence Epstein's The Haunted Smile - Book Review by Charles Marowitz
12 - Impeachment Oregon Style - George Beres
12 - James Joyce Attends The President's News Conference - Robert Wrubel
12 - Blips #25 - Gilles d'Aymery
12 - Letters to the Editor
26 - American Character - Gerard Donnelly Smith
26 - Neo-Liberal Vs. Socialist Hurricanes - Gilles d'Aymery
26 - The Leader Of The Opposition - Charles Marowitz
26 - Too Much Tolerance By Americans Could Feed Fascism - George Beres
26 - Katrina: A Missed uh Messed Opportunity For Bush - Philip Greenspan
26 - Lines - Linda Eve Diamond
26 - Bede Griffiths 1906-1993: Making Statements Through Action - Milo Clark
26 - Military Neo-Liberalism - Book Review by Robert Wrubel
26 - For Whom The Bell Tolls - Book Review by Ken Freeland
26 - Managed Care Is Neither - Michael Yonchenko
26 - Blips #26 - Gilles d'Aymery
26 - Letters to the Editor
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October 2005
October 10 - Shadia B. Drury's Leo Strauss and the American Right - Book Review by Michael Doliner
10 - Samir Amin's The Liberal Virus - Book Review by Gilles d'Aymery
10 - George Lakoff: Wishful Thinking For Democrats - Robert Wrubel
10 - New Whistleblower Needed To Oust Bush Administration - George Beres
10 - Rally? What Rally? - Deck Deckert
10 - To End The Program, Press Escape... - Alma A. Hromic
10 - Katrina, Iraq, And The Absence Of Values - Audra Himes
10 - New Orleans: The Pain From A Hyena's Bite - Stevan Konstantinović
10 - Moral Suasion Or Racism At Work - Milo Clark
10 - The Insurgent Word: Genocide - Gerard Donnelly Smith
10 - Bob Dylan's Chronicles Volume One - Book Review by Louis Proyect
10 - Piers Paul Read's Alec Guinness: The Authorized Biography - Book Review by Charles Marowitz
10 - Blips #27 - Gilles d'Aymery
10 - Letters to the Editor
24 - Special Issue: What have we come to? Who are we? And what do we stand for?
Theocracy. Hypocrisy. Plutocracy. - Jan Baughman
The Dark Side - Milo Clark
The United Corporate States of America - Raymond Garcia
The American Experiment, Really? - Gilles d'Aymery
To Hell In A Hand Basket - Gerard Donnelly Smith
What Have We Become? Not Better -- Zombie Nation - John Steppling
Soup Of The Evening, Beautiful Soup - Michael Doliner
U.S.: A Psychological Profile - Charles Marowitz
The Best Of Times - Deck Deckert
The Corporate-Owned Ivory Tower: An Omen - Audra Himes
Where Is The Left In The U.S.? - Robert Wrubel
Crisis: Depravity Of The Leaders, Obedience Of The Citizens - Philip Greenspan
Do Workers Understand Their Class Interests? - Louis Proyect
The Terms Of My Surrender... - Michael DeLang
Letters to the Editor
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November 2005
November 7 - Property, Privilege, And Oil - Milo Clark
7 - Democracy, Let's Bring It Here - Philip Greenspan
7 - The Tenor Of Our Times - William T. Hathaway
7 - The Insurgent Word: Piss Off - Gerard Donnelly Smith
7 - Krugman Feels Administration Is Nearing A Train Wreck - George Beres
7 - The Case For Scottish Independence - Joe Davison
7 - America, My First Love...Once Upon A Time - Poem by Hani Faisal Saigh
7 - Dancing With The Golden Bear - Michael Yonchenko
7 - I'd Walk A Million Miles For One Of Your Smiles - Book Excerpt by Charles Marowitz
7 - Blips #28 - Gilles d'Aymery
7 - Letters to the Editor
21 - Re-Reading Wittgenstein To Grok Now - Milo Clark
21 - How Much Longer Will The War Last - Philip Greenspan
21 - Cold Porridge, The Morning After - Robert Wrubel
21 - The Politics Of No Choice - William T. Hathaway
21 - Impeachment Is Just Another Word, For Nothing Left To Lose - Deck Deckert
21 - When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Go To Asia - Jan Baughman
21 - End Of Story - Alma A. Hromic
21 - Cinematizing Shakespeare - Charles Marowitz
21 - Blips #29 - Gilles d'Aymery
21 - Letters to the Editor
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December 2005
December 5 - I'm Shocked, Shocked - Deck Deckert
5 - Soldier Dead - Milo Clark
5 - Better Dead Than... - Philip Greenspan
5 - Why We Should Never Go To War - Robert Wrubel
5 - Iran And US Foreign Policy Designs - Ardeshir Ommani
5 - Debunking Bob Woodward - Louis Proyect
5 - "CAPOTE": How Far Should We Go? - Film Review by Charles Marowitz
5 - A Playwright's Guide To Life - Book Review by Ivan Gold
5 - Roasting Marshmallows - Poem by Linda Eve Diamond
5 - The Insurgent Word: Evil - Poem by Gerard Donnelly Smith
5 - Blips #30 - Gilles d'Aymery
5 - Letters to the Editor
19 - Michael Neumann's The Case Against Israel - Book Review by Gilles d'Aymery
19 - Reflections On 2005 And The Future - Edward Herman
19 - After The 2004 Elections - Louis Proyect
19 - 2005: Navigating The Doldrums - Gilles d'Aymery
19 - 2005: Annus Propagandus - Jan Baughman
19 - 2005: A Look Back In Anger - Charles Marowitz
19 - 2005: Earth Responds, Illusions Crumble, Vision Needed - Eli Beckerman
19 - 2005: A Lamentable Year - Robert Wrubel
19 - 2005 And Its Possible Impact - Philip Greenspan
19 - The Good Gardener - Gerard Donnelly Smith
19 - 2005: Pessimism Unleashed - Milo Clark
19 - Resistance Is No Longer A Choice - Joe Davison
19 - Blips #31 - Gilles d'Aymery
19 - Letters to the Editor
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