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Articles and Essays

selected articles on 9/11 and the "war on terrorism"

selected articles on gender, sexuality, and pornography

selected articles on race, racism, and white privilege

selected articles on religion, spirituality, and the big picture

 

All articles from 2010

• “Great television/bad journalism: Media failures in Haiti coverage,” posted on Common Dreams and Counterpunch, January 25, 2010.

 

All articles from 2009

• “Is Obama a socialist? Reflections on the degradation of politics and the ecosystem,” posted on Counterpunch, September 25, 2009.

• “Can journalism schools be relevant in a world on the brink?” posted on Common Dreams and Counterpunch, September 14, 2009.

• “The Delusion Revolution: The future we have been dreaming of is not based on reality,”
  Adbusters, July 15, 2009.

• “Is America on the brink of a food crisis?” posted on Alternet, January 29, 2009.

All articles from 2008

• “Arrogance, ignorance, and cowardice: Lessons from 9/11,” posted on Monthly Review and Counterpunch, September 11, 2008.

• “The delusion revolution: We’re on the road to extinction and in denial,” posted on Alternet, August 15, 2008.

• “The prophetic challenge: ‘Few are guilty, but all are responsible,’” posted on TomPaine.com, August 6, 2008. Also appeared as "We should hold ourselves responsible for our government's crimes around the world," Austin American-Statesman, August 8, 2008.

 

All articles from 2007

• "Raining on the Thanksgiving Day parade: “Redefining” the holiday is a failed project," posted on ZNet and Dissident Voice, November 16, 2007.

• "Pornography and the end of masculinity," with introduction by Don Hazen, posted on Alternet, September 22, 2007.

• “It didn’t start with Iraq: A review of the film War Made Easy,” posted on ZNet, Monthly Review Zine, and MWC News, September 13, 2007.

• “We are all prophets now: Responsibilities and risks in the prophetic voice,” posted on Monthly Review Zine, Atlantic Free Press, and MWC News, August 6, 2007.

All articles from 2006

• “The Myth of the Neutral Professional,” Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education, 8:2 (Fall 2006).

• "Saying goodbye to my ' Fargo' accent," posted on Dissident Voice and Atlantic Free Press, December 12, 2006. Also distributed as ZNet Commentary.

• “Last Sunday: Digging in and digging deep,” posted on Counterpunch, ZNet, and Dissident Voice, November 27, 2006. Click here for a printable PDF file.

• "Academic freedom on the rock(s): The failures of faculty in tough times," posted on Counterpunch, ZNet and The Smirking Chimp, October 25, 2006.

 

All articles from 2005

• "Intelligent-design debate reveals limits of religion and science," Hindustan Times (India). Also posted on Counterpunch, ZNet and Dissident Voice., December 16, 2005.
• "Pornography is a left issue," posted on ZNet, December 6, 2005.
• "The First Amendment's assembly and petition clauses--eviscerated by Big Money?" Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star, December 4, 2005.

 

All articles from 2004

• “A lost war?” The Hindu, December 19, 2004.

• "The upside to losing Iraq? An empire falls," Austin American-Statesman, December 3, 2004, p. A-17. Also ran as "Defeat for an empire," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, December 8, 2004; and posted on Common Dreams.

• "Symposium: Four more years,"  FrontPageMagazine.com, December 3, 2004.

 

 

All articles from 2003

• "After the capture, war's hard truths remain," co-authored with Rahul Mahajan, Austin American-Statesman, December 16, 2003, p. A-15.

• "Observe right to unionize by making it reality," co-authored with Pat Youngblood, Houston Chronicle, December 10, 2003, p. A-35; and Austin American-Statesman online.

• "Some journalists allow themselves to be manipulated," Extra!, November/December 2003, pp. 12-13.

 

All articles from 2002

• "Bob Woodward and the Bush at War hagiography," posted on Outlookindia, ZNet, Counterpunch and Common Dreams web site, December 9, 2002.

• "President Bush plans an unprecedented shift of almost half of government jobs to outside contractors," Philadelphia Inquirer, November 24, 2002, p. C-6.

• "World's policeman or bully?" Dallas Morning News, November 18, 2002, p. A-17.

 

All articles from 2001

• "We can't just forget about dead Afghan civilians,"; co-authored with Rahul Mahajan, Houston Chronicle , December 21, 2001. Also posted on Common Dreams web site .

• "On seeking (and finding) a different avenue for expression," ICA News, December 2001, pp. 3-4.

• "Reporters have to press harder about Afghanistan," co-authored with Rahul Mahajan, Newsday, November 14, 2001, p. A-50.

 

All articles from 2000

• "US should use its leverage to aid Turkish hunger strikers," posted on Common Dreams News Center website, December 20, 2000.

• Book Review -- Degraded Capability: The Media and the Kosovo Crisis, Z Magazine, December 2000, pp. 58-60.

• "Even now, we lie to ourselves about Vietnam," Austin American-Statesman , November 25, 2000, p. A-15; and St. Petersburg Times, December 3, 2000. Also posted on the Common Dreams News Center website.

 

 

All articles from 1999

• "How to read a newspaper: Deconstructing the media machine," Texas Observer, December, 24, 1999, pp. 27-28.

• "Corporate power is the central issue," Austin American-Statesman, December 10, 1999, p. A-15.

• "Let ordinary folks shut down decision-makers' tent," (WTO meeting), Houston Chronicle , November 30, 1999, p. 27-A. A version also appeared in the San Antonio Express-News , December 2, 1999, p. 5-B.

 

 

All articles from 1998

• "Fighting the power at UT," Texas Observer, November 20, 1998, pp.12-14.

• "The etiquette of war: Impoliteness in the face of mass murder," posted on ZNet , November 1998.

• "U.S. policy on Iraq: Might makes right," The Drummer (Ames, Iowa), November 1998, p. 10.