Poli Psy: “Post-Hillary Feminism”
June 18th, 2008 | by Judith
For a while there — especially during the tense days between Obama’s victory and Clinton’s belated exit — it looked as if American feminism might not recover from the Democratic primary contest…. Read more
CounterPunch: “As Cranes Fall and People Die”
June 13th, 2008 | by JudithLet’s keep this in perspective, implied New York mayor Mike Bloomberg the day two construction workers died in the crane collapse on East 91st Street in Manhattan. Yes, the accident was “unacceptable,” he said. Still, “construction is a dangerous business and you will always have fatalities.”
Governor David Paterson was equally unapologetic. No, no, he told a TV reporter. The pace of building is not too fast.
Poli Psy: “Non-Consumer Confidence”
May 23rd, 2008 | by Judith
Marx believed that the edifice of capitalism was built upon misery, and misery would bring the edifice down. To increase productivity and profit, he reasoned, bosses assembled workers in factories. Once there, though, the workers would soon notice that they were all similarly miserable — and that they outnumbered the bosses. The workers would organize and overthrow the bosses. Capital created its own revolutionary proletariat, Marx concluded: The system contained “the seeds of its own destruction.”… Read more
In a Fix
April 30th, 2008 | by Judith
At Passover, celebrants read the Haggadah, which tells the story of the Jews’ slavery under the Egyptian Pharaoh and their Exodus out of his land. They’re in such a hurry that they don’t even let the bread rise — hence, matzoh….
Poli Psy: “Good Sport”
February 29th, 2008 | by Judith
As a kid in the 1960s, I went to a camp where competitive sports were viewed as mildly distasteful, if not explicitly frowned upon…READ MORE
Poli Psy: “Man Enough”
January 31st, 2008 | by Judith
The feminism that is an albatross around Hillary Rodham Clinton’s neck is giving Barack Obama wings…
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Poli Psy: “A Father’s Tears”
December 6th, 2007 | by Judith
Like loaves and fishes, the books, workshops and weekend retreats with the words men, abortion, and healing in their titles began to multiply…
Poli Psy: “Be Very Afraid”
November 8th, 2007 | by Judith
Phew. We made it through another Halloween with no American child bursting into flame…
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Poli Psy: “Honor Guard”
October 10th, 2007 | by Judith
Don’t ask me if MoveOn’s Petraeus/”Betray-Us” advertisement in The New York Times was good for the left, the right, the president, the war, the country or the Jews…
Poli Psy: “What a Shame”
September 14th, 2007 | by Judith
Shame gets a bad name in America, and most of the time yours truly can be found among its detractors…