BOOK: “DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA”

Democracy in America Alexis de Tocqueville, Isaac Kramnick (Introduction), Elizabeth Trapnell Rawlings (Translation) …more Democracy in America has had the singular honor of being even to this day the work that political commentators of every stripe refer to when they seek to draw large conclusions about the society of the USA. Alexis de Tocqueville, a young… Continue reading

STOP THE MISGUIDED ATTACKS ON NONPROFITS!

by Randy Shaw on March 27, 2023 (BeyondChron.org) Nonprofits offer a helping hand Wrongly Blaming Nonprofits Helping the Poor There’s a lot of nonprofit bashing going on these days. And most of it is unfair. Recent criticism of specific nonprofit wrongdoers—such as San Francisco’s TODCO and Los Angeles’s AIDS Healthcare Foundation— is clearly justified. But associating… Continue reading

WHY DOESN’T SF’S HEALTH DEPARTMENT STOP DRUG DEALERS?

by Randy Shaw on March 27, 2023 (BeyondChron.org) Drug Users Attract Dealers The accompanying photo shows an open drug market on Seventh Street near a methadone clinic. Those seeking methadone from the BAART Clinic at 1111 Market Street must pass by nearby dealers. Does a methadone clinic attract dealers? Opinions are mixed. But nobody thinks… Continue reading

Top Russian actor A. Smolyaninov supports Ukraine ‘because they are fighting for their freedom’

FRANCE 24 English • Mar 27, 2023 • FRANCE 24 spoke to #ArturSmolyaninov, a well-known Russian actor. Once acclaimed by Russian President Vladimir #Putin, he has now been designated a foreign agent by Russia and forced to flee his country. Our guest explains why he has publicly opposed the war… Continue reading

Book: “The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy”

The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy Christopher Leonard, Jacques Roy (Narrator) The New York Times bestseller from business journalist Christopher Leonard infiltrates one of America’s most mysterious institutions—the Federal Reserve—to show how its policies spearheaded by Chairman Jerome Powell over the past ten years have accelerated income… Continue reading

CHICAGO MAYORAL CANDIDATE BRANDON JOHNSON’S PLAN TO REDUCE VIOLENCE AND REIN IN THE POLICE AT THE SAME TIME

With public safety front and center in Chicago’s runoff mayoral election, Brandon Johnson, a public school teacher, has emerged as a powerful contender against police union-backed candidate Paul Vallas. BY MAXIMILLIAN ALVAREZ MARCH 23, 2023 (therealnews.com) US Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (D-IL) (R) listens as Chicago mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson speaks… Continue reading

The Movement and the “Madman” | Chapter 1 | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS |

American Experience | PBS • Premiered Mar 22, 2023 THE MOVEMENT AND THE “MADMAN” shows how two antiwar protests in the fall of 1969 — the largest the country had ever seen — pressured President Nixon to cancel what he called his “madman” plans for a massive escalation of the… Continue reading

BOOK: “THE UNDERTOW: SCENES FROM A SLOW CIVIL WAR”

The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War Jeff Sharlet One of America’s finest reporters and essayists explores the powerful currents beneath the roiled waters of a nation coming apart. An unmatched guide to the religious dimensions of American politics, Jeff Sharlet journeys into corners of our national psyche where… Continue reading

BOOK: “THE FAMILY: THE SECRET FUNDAMENTALISM AT THE HEART OF AMERICAN POWER”

The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power Jeff Sharlet A journalist’s penetrating look at the untold story of christian fundamentalism’s most elite organization, a self-described invisible network dedicated to a religion of power for the powerful. They are the Family—fundamentalism’s avant-garde, waging spiritual war in the… Continue reading