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1 JANUARY 2009

PRESIDENT OBAMA AND A PROGRESSIVE FOREIGN POLICY by T.E. Jacobsen

HOW FOX NEWS KILLED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY by Alec Baker

NEW MEDIA MOVEMENT MOBILIZATION: CULTURE JAMMING AND MEDIA ACTIVISM IN THE DIGITAL AGE by Jimbo Maritato

PARDONS, UNITARY EXECUTIVE, AND THE RULE OF LAW by Gary Barkley

ACCIDENT(AL) RHETORIC AND (DIS)FIGURES OF THE FATAL DRIVER'S SUBJECTIVITY by Kevin Douglas Kuswa

THE POSSIBILITIES FOR PROGRESSIVE RELIGION by Eric Atcheson

SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE MORMON by Caitlin Myer

THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR SOCIAL WORKER by Walter Brasch

HOW TO INFLUENCE THE REVOLUTION by Sheldon Kreger

WELCOME TO SHARED SACRIFICE by Matt J. Stannard


8 JANUARY 2009

OBAMA SHOULD INVESTIGATE BUSH WAR CRIMES by Alec Baker

REVIEW: MY JESUS YEAR, BY BENYAMIN COHEN by Eric Atcheson

PROGRESSIVES SHOULD SUPPORT MILITARY INTERVENTION IN DARFUR by Kevin J. Calderwood

THERE'S NOTHING SECOND-HAND ABOUT THE TRUTH by Matt Cook

RETHINKING VOLUNTEERISM by Andy Ellis

THE TOP TEN PROGRESSIVE ARTISTS IN THE HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL by Josh Hoe

FARNHAM X 3 by Caitlin Myer

WHAT AMERICA GOT FOR CHRISTMAS press release from Reverend Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping

THE DARK KNIGHT, BUSH, AND BLACKWATER by Katie Thompson


15 JANUARY 2009

ECONOMY AND LABOR by Gary S. Barkley

UNNECESSARY CONCERNS by Walter and Rosemary Brasch

POETRY by Emily Cram

$1.75 PER DAY PER PRISONER IN ALABAMA by Annette James Daley

CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE by Ellen Brown

A BRIEF GENEALOGY OF FORDISM IN TWO PARTS--PART ONE: (DIS)ASSEMBLING PRODUCTION THROUGH THE MILITARY MACHINE by Kevin
Douglas Kuswa

PROGRESSIVES AND THE RON PAUL MOVEMENT: A CRITIQUE AND INVITATION by Sheldon Kreger

BARACK OBAMA, IDENTITY PERFORMATIVITY AND RACIAL JUSTICE by Katie Thompson


22 JANUARY 2009

REVELATION AND EMPIRE: A FINAL THEOLOGICAL CRITIQUE OF GEORGE W. BUSH'S FOREIGN POLICY by Eric Atcheson

CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS: CODEPENDENT, FEARFUL AND USELESS by Gary S. Barkley

COMBATING RELIGIOUS (AND IRRELIGIOUS) EXTREMISM: AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DAMON LINKER

KANT, MADISON AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE by Kevin Calderwood

BIBLICALLY-BASED BAILOUT FOR BILLIONARES by J. David Nichols

NO THANKS, I'M A REPUBLICAN? by Parker Thompson

FROM THE HUDSON TO THE POTOMAC: COURAGE AND HOPE FOR A DEPRESSED NATION by Walter Brasch


29 JANUARY 2009

TIME FOR AN ECONOMIC BILL OF RIGHTS by Justin Racette

A BRIEF GENEALOGY OF FORDISM IN TWO PARTS: PART TWO: HOW THE FLOW AND CONSTRICTION OF OIL STRETCHES INTO
GLOBALIZATION by Kevin Douglas Kuswa

A,B,C by Caitlin Myer

THE INEVITABLE TRIUMPH OF PROGRESSIVE THOUGHT by Manuel Valenzuela

SHAMEFUL AND VACUOUS: CONSERVATIVE BEHAVIOR SINCE THE INAUGURATION by Alec Baker

TOTALITARIANISM, DEMOCRACY AND THE USE OF WORDS by Anthony Roberts

CONFESSIONS OF A NEO-LUDDITE by T.E. Jacobsen

EXPOSING THE SHAMEFUL PULPIT OF A HOLOCAUST-DENYING BISHOP by Eric Atcheson


5 FEBRUARY 2009

TWO HORSES VS 525 by Martin Weiss

A CASE OF GREENWASHING by Katie Thomas

FREE SPEECH ACTIVIST DEFEATS UNION SQUARE PARTNERSHIP CENSORS

FUMBLING IN THE DARK FOR THE EROTIC IN CHRISTIANITY by Caitlin Myer and Matt J. Stannard

DOWN AND OUT IN EMPORIA, KANSAS by Chris Loghry and Matt Cook

PETER PAN REPUBLICANS WITH NOTHING TO PARTY ABOUT by Walter Brasch

ANSWERING THE CALL TO SERVE by Gary S. Barkley

TESTIMONY BEFORE THE WYOMING STATE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE by J. David Nichols


12 FEBRUARY 2009

BARACK OBAMA AND THE LEGACY OF FAITH-BASED INITIATIVES by Eric Atcheson

THE UNFAIR DEMONIZATION OF MICHAEL PHELPS: WHAT ARE THEY SMOKING? by Alec Baker

WE ARE CAESAR by Gary Barkley

SERIOUSLY, GET INVOLVED by Steve D'Amico

A FOOTNOTE ON UTOPIA AND IDEOLOGY by Kevin Douglas Kuswa

EXECUTIVE PAY CAPS: A GOOD START by Justin Racette

STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT IMPERIALISM: Poetry by Vi Ransel

TENNESSEE TRAGEDY CULMINATES IN LIFE SENTENCE by Matt J. Stannard


19 FEBRUARY 2009

A NEW KNESSET, AN ALREADY FAMILIAR CHRISTIAN RIGHT by Eric Atcheson

DEFANGING AMERICA by T.E. Jacobsen

PROFIT OF GOD by J. David Nichols

TOOTHLESS PART ONE by Walter M. Brasch

FROM PEANUTS TO PROFITS by Gary S. Barkley


26 FEBRUARY 2009

TOOTHLESS: THE WATCHDOG PRESS THAT BECAME THE GOVERNMENT'S LAPDOG by Walter Brasch

THE CULTURAL SURVIVAL OF KHMER DANCE by Shurio Lo

THE SELLING OF MARY SCHAPIRO by Matt J. Stannard

$28.5 BILLION REASONS TO LEGALIZE POT IN AMERICA by Jane Stillwater

PARANOIA  AND DISTRUST: WEAPONS OF THE ENEMIES OF FREEDOM by Sheldon Kreger

FIRST THING, LET'S KILL THE CORPORATIONS by Gary S. Barkley

POETIC QUESTIONS OF FACT by Vi Ransel


5 MARCH 2009

AGENT CRITICAL ORANGE by Kevin Douglas Kuswa

THE SCIENCE OF DUE PROCESS: WHY THE SUPREME COURT SHOULD RULE FOR WILLIAM OSBORNE by Justin Racette

A PRIMER ON PRO-LIFE PROGRESSIVISM by Jen Roth

THE CASE FOR KATHLEEN SEBELIUS by Eric Atcheson

MY DAY IN COURT WITH THE D.O.D. by Jane Stillwater

THE BEEPER CACOPHONY by Walter Brasch


12 MARCH 2009

PATRIOTIC OR PARTISAN: WHY WON'T WE PROSECUTE? by Gary S. Barkley

PICHET KLUNCHUN AND MYSELF by Shuriu Lo

flammes de l'enfer by Vi Ransel

IN PRAISE OF EVICTION BLOCKADES by Matt J. Stannard

DOORS OF PERCEPTION by Jane Stillwater


19 MARCH 2009

CORPORATE CONTRACTS OR SOCIAL CONTRACT? by Gary S. Barkley

A NEW MOVEMENT TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT by Eric Atcheson

THE PAINFUL COST OF "BREED STANDARDS" by Walter Brasch

A SATISFYING LAUGH AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR SAVIOR.  IT'S SPECIAL by J. David Nichols

FETISHIZING PIRATES by Kevin Douglas Kuswa

TEARING DOWN HISTORY, OR, SAVING LOWER EAST SIDES by Jane Stillwater


2 APRIL 2009

UNION SQUARE PAVILION LAWSUIT DISMISSAL "A DISGRACE TO PUBLIC SPACE" by the Church of Life After Shopping

AN AMERICAN OUTRAGE: BERNIE, AIG, AND US by Rosemary and Walter Brasch

BOOK REVIEWS: THE COMFORTS OF A MUDDY SATURDAY AND WHISPER TO THE BLOOD by Shuriu Lo

TEQUILA AND TEARDROPS: WORKING CLASS HONESTY IN AUSTIN (DALE WATSON CONCERT REVIEW) by Matt J. Stannard

BAZOOKAS, FLINTLOCKS AND CONCEALABILITY by Jane Stillwater


9 APRIL 2009

A HOLY WEEK CALL FOR CHANGE by Eric Atcheson

THE ECONOMIC CRISIS, VIOLENCE AND THE AWAKENING OF CONSCIOUSNESS by Isaac Beck

HOLDING GLEN BECK (AND OTHERS LIKE HIM) ACCOUNTABLE by Alec Baker

PENNSYLVANIA'S SIGNS OF SPRING by Rosemary and Walter Brasch

POWERFUL METAPHORS (BUDDY AND JULIE MILLER REVIEW) by Joseph Carver

ELECTION CRUCIBLES REVISITED by J. David Nichols

CELEBRATING OBAMA'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON STEM CELL RESEARCH by Matt J. Stannard


16 APRIL 2009

A TEA-BAGGING POST-MORTEM by Alec Baker

RESURRECTION OF INTOLERANCE by Walter Brasch

PURE EURO-ENERGY (BRAKES BRAKES BRAKES REVIEW) by Joseph Carver

DIARY OF A SMALL TOWN SMOKING BAN by Matt Cook

DREAMING MADNESS: FOUCAULT VS DERRIDA ON "DERANGED MINDS" by Kevin Douglas Kuswa

GAMELAN BURAT WANGI by Shuriu Lo

YOU CAN'T IGNORE THE CLASS WAR (BY SAYING YOU'RE NOT INTO POLITICS) by Vi Ransel

BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME: STOREFRONTS, SENIOR CITIZENS AND STIMULUS PACKAGES by Jane Stillwater

MAYORAL CANDIDATE REVEREND BILLY TALEN DEMANDS EIGHTY PERCENT FROM SALE OF AIG CORPORATE OFFICE TO BE GIVEN BACK TO
NEW YORK CITY TAXPAYERS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES


23 APRIL 2009

SOBERING UP THE LEGALIZATION MOVEMENT by Alec Baker

TRYING KIDS AS ADULTS: THE LEGAL MANIPULATION OF AGE, AND WHY PROGRESSIVES SHOULD OPPOSE IT by Justin Racette

IT'S TIME FOR THE UNITED STATES TO ACKNOWLEDGE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE by Eric Atcheson

BILL ORTON, 1948-2009: THE REMARKABLE RISE (AND UNACKNOWLEDGED DEBTS) OF A NON-THREATENING DEMOCRAT by Matt J. Stannard

DEALING WITH HUMPTY DUMPTY: IRAQ, ANTIQUITIES, TOURISM, RECONSTRUCTION AND ME by Jane Stillwater


30 APRIL 2009

HATE GROUPS ARE OUR ENEMIES: AN OPEN LETTER TO ALL VETERANS by Gary S. Barkley

GRAND THEFT AMERICA by Vi Ransel

SILENCED AND FORGOTTEN: MALE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE by Sheldon Kreger

UNDER THE SHADOW OF MY ROOF: THE STORY OF LOT'S DAUGHTERS by Caitlin Myer

UNDERCOVER AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY by Eric Atcheson

OVERPOPULATION? REALLY? by Matt J. Stannard


7 MAY 2009

INVITATIONAL MATTERS: RHETORICAL MATERIALISM AND "INVITATIONAL RHETORIC" by Travis Cram

INSTRUMENT OF POWER by Vi Ransel

WONKA-WASHING by Jimbo Maritato

MILK, DAIRY SUBSIDIES, AND RACE by David Trigaux

FISHING SUBSIDIES: DESTROYING OUR ENVIRONMENT, ONE SUBSIDY AT A TIME by David Trigaux

DEJA MOO by Stephanie Eisenberg, Alexis Litzky, and Jessica Whittle

14 MAY 2009

POPE BENEDICT'S HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE by Eric Atcheson

THE GREAT HEALTH CARE BETRAYAL by Matt J. Stannard

PRESIDENT OBAMA SURRENDERS TO FEAR ON DON'T ASK DON'T TELL by Gary S. Barkley

"I GOT IT FOR WHOLESALE" HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES GET CHEAPER PRICES THAN US by Jane Stillwater

SINGLE-NEEDLE HEALTHCARE: IS HIGH-TECH ACUPUNCTURE THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE? by Jane Stillwater

OBAMA, SOCRATES, AND TORTURE by J. David Nichols

REVIEW: GESTURES OF A KHMER SOUL by Shuriu Lo


21 MAY 2009

THE OSSIFICATION OF AMERICAN POLITICS by Gary S. Barkley

AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CINDY SHEEHAN

DICK CHENEY'S MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR by Walter Brasch

HYGIENIC ENTHYMEMES: RACISM AND FOOD by Scott

DISMANTLING THE "HE KEPT US SAFE" MYTH by Alec Baker

CLEM SNIDE: HUNGRY BIRD...AND THAT VOICE by Joseph Carver


28 MAY 2009

THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PRISON LABOR by T.E. Jacobsen

TRICKY DICK: CHENEY'S RHETORICAL TRICKS by Josh Hoe

MY HOUSING CO-OP NEEDS THE MENTALIST by Jane Stillwater

IDENTIFYING AND OVERCOMING DIVISIONS BETWEEN POLITICAL EFFORTS by Sheldon Kreger

REACTIONS TO THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT DECISION REGARDING PROPOSITION 8 by our readers and writers

THE PROPOSITION 8 DECISION: SPIRITUALLY BANKRUPT by Eric Atcheson


4 JUNE 2009

THE FALLACY OF JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE by Jen Roth

LIFE BEGINS AT BIRTH by Alec Baker

THE GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE by Jacob Lewis

THE DRIVER by Vi Ransel

THE ART OF DANCE ON FILM by Shuriu Lo

VEILED IN GOD: THE ASSASSINATION OF GEORGE TILLER by Eric Atcheson


11 JUNE 2009

WAIVING THE RULES FOR OLD GLORY by Walter Brasch

RASPUTIN, ET AL PART ONE by Matt Cook

YOUTHANIZING CAPITAL: WHY AN ECONOMIC RECOVERY MUST BE YOUTH-FOCUSED by Andy Ellis

REVEREND BILLY TALEN CAUSES UK SENSATION

AFGHANISTAN FAIL? by Matt J. Stannard

HOW WALL STREET SAYS "THANK YOU, SUCKERS!" by Jane Stillwater


18 JUNE 2009

FIGHTING MEDIA CONSOLIDATION: THE ECONOMICS OF CONCENTRATION, AND AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL by Gary S. Barkley

NO CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS by Matt J. Stannard

THE BIBLICAL CASE FOR HEALTH-CARE REFORM by Eric Atcheson

REPORT FROM PRIDE IN CASPER, WYOMING

RASPUTIN, ET AL PART TWO by Matt Cook


25 JUNE 2009

THE FEAR PERMEATING EUROPE by Annette Daley

RAIMONDO THE KING by Caitlin Myer

TWELVE ANGRY WHITE PEOPLE by Walter M. Brasch

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE GIFTED by Shurio Lo

FOOD INC. TOUGH TO SWALLOW by Matt Conrad

ON THE DAILY KOS'S CALL FOR A NATIONAL STRIKE FOR HEALTH CARE by Alec Baker
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