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I enjoyed this film, learned a fair bit and upped the termperature in my righteous indignation thermometer by several degrees centigrade. From the VIFF 2004 film guide: A short, sharp addition to the fast-growing body of documentaries indicting the current...

Full commentary on "Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear and the Selling of American Empire"

I saw Chalmers Johnson in the film Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear and the Selling of American Empire, in which he spoke compellingly concerning the processes by which American foreign policy has elevated American reach and power to global proportions. So,...

Full commentary on "The Sorrows of Empire"

I found the following in a ZNet newsgroup: This is an excellent book for anyone who would like to understand economics from the anthropological perspective, that is, that the market principle isn't operative in many cultures. In today's capitalist economy...

Full commentary on "The Humbled Anthropologist: Tales from the Pacific"

Three simple reasons explain why conservatives keep defeating the left [in US politics] : The right wins the battle of ideas, has a more determined and focused army of activists, and is reaping the benefits of long-term changes in American...

Full commentary on "The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America"