[Cross-posted at Schools Matter.] This begins a series of readings concerned with the articles and images found in the October Atlantic Monthly which promote the “Reform Agenda” of both conservatives and liberals (as power has no pure politics). I will primarily be concerned with the conveyance of ideology. However, I have asked my Errant collaborator Doug Martin [...]
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Derivative Dystopias, Or Versions of America
From “Fired for Wearing the Wrong Color Shirt: The Scary Truth About Our Lack of Workplace Protections,” On March 16, at least 14 employees of the Elizabeth R. Wellborn law firm, located in Deerfield Beach, Florida, wore orange shirts to work. For this style choice, they were marched into a conference room and summarily fired. [...]
Desertification, or Living Nowhere
Here are things I cannot change that make me angry and perhaps you might share a similar list: War; anything that is war dressed up under other terms; fraud; exclusionary self-interest; that same interest commended and encouraged as something natural; profit calculated via actuarial risks. And so on. In other words, American culture, American economy, [...]
Dissent and Disinterest: Cause IN Common
Cause IN Common: A Call to Action Storm for Governor A Foundational Antagonism: our first step dis·sent verb (used without object) 1. to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from ) 2. to disagree with the methods, goals, etc., of a political party or government; take [...]
Conservatives to Occupy Duty: Cities Must Heed Business Interests
In my local Sunday newspaper, the day of greatest readership (at least in terms of print circulation), a front page story discussing how one of our schools has adopted the “Artful Learning” curriculum continues onto page A-6 where it shares that page with the Police Beat and a large 4-color advertisement for an Ivy Tech [...]
Moments of Execution
It has been pointed out that the US economy is bogged down with corporatism’s replication of middle management. We lay off actual workers and rescind public programs in order to find more ways to pay the managers with their upper level degrees. (How wonderful that we want to make more of them, convincing all citizens [...]
Drowning in Bathtubs: (Dis)Trusting Public Officials
Before we start, recall that Grover Norquist (best friends with guys like felon Jack Abramoff and moral majority manipulator Ralph Reed, reprehensible thugs of the Machiavellian political underclass), chieftain of corrupt practices masquerading as “tax policy” positions and anti-tax pledges is a man of considerable influence in government and has been for decades. (Who are [...]
