Noam Chomsky On Ending Terrorism

Let’s see if we can keep this engrained in our flea-sized attention spans until Iran is passé as the Next Big Terrorist Threat.

Chomsky On Corporations’ Opposition To The Common Good

The Article: Corporations and the Richest Americans Viscerally Oppose Common Good by Noam Chomsky in AlterNet.

The Text: Whether public education contributes to the Common Good depends, of course, on what kind of education it is, to whom it is available, and what we take to be the Common Good. There’s no need to tarry on the fact that these are highly contested matters, have been throughout history, and continue to be so today.

One of the great achievements of American democracy has been the introduction of mass public education, from children to advanced research universities. And in some respects that leadership position has been maintained. Unfortunately, not all. Public education is under serious attack, one component of the attack on any rational and humane concept of the Common Good, sometimes in ways that are not only shocking, but also spell disaster for the species.

All of this falls within the general assault on the population in the past generation, the so-called “neoliberal era.” I’ll return to these matters, of great significance and import.

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Texas Seceding? Go Right Ahead!

Don’t let Oklahoma hit your ass on the way out.

If Bertrand Russell Saw CPAC…

Somehow I don’t think he would waste any breath on Sarah Palin, though.

The Libertarian Route To Freedom

Trust us. If big government just gets out of the way, we can all truly be free. It’s the only problem. Hell, just look at Somalia; no real government for over ten years and things are just peachy over there.