Reagan’s “Tear Down This Wall” Myth
Written by Robert Parry As the United States celebrates Ronald Reagan's centennial birthday, the defining proof of his greatness as president will be represented by two sequential film clips -…
Ayn Rand: Another Conservative Hypocrite
Ayn Rand Railed Against Government Benefits, But Grabbed Social Security and Medicare When She Needed Them by Joshua Holland, AlterNet, January 29, 2011 Ayn Rand was not only a schlock…
My Favorite Martian
Written by andsoitgoes for smirkingchimp.com Decades ago, courtesy of our astronauts who boldly went where no man had gone before, I saw a photograph of Earth for the first time.…