Tag Archives | Attention Deficit Democracy

On New England Public Radio Monday (1/30) Morning

WAMC, Northeast Public Radio, will broadcast a lively interview that Joe Donahue taped with me on Monday morning (1/30).   According to their website, it will apparently be featured sometime between 10:25 am and noon Eastern time.   If anyone  has more specific information on when the interview will play, please let me know and I will revise this […]

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On the Doug Basham Radio Show – 1 a.m. Saturday (1/28) morning

I will be on the Doug Basham radio show tonight (Friday night, Sat. morn, whatever) at 1 a.m. Eastern time – 11 pm out in Vegas where Doug broadcasts.  Doug does cutting edge progressive radio commentary and has been one of the foremost talk show hosts opposed to the Iraq wear. You can listen live […]

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Killing in the Name of Democracy

Antiwar.com kindly posted an excerpt from the Messianic Democracy chapter today: As the Bush administration tub-thumps for imposing democracy upon the entire world, many Americans have forgotten the long and bloody history of the U.S. government forcibly spreading “self-government.” The following discussion, from the “Messianic Democracy” chapter of my new book… The U.S. government’s first […]

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Iowa Radio Show Postponed till Monday (1/30) 10 am

Just got a call from Jan Mickleson – the radio show scheduled for today is postponed until 10 am (Eastern time) on Monday.  This gives me the weekend to study up on Iowa politics. Maybe I can discover a deeper meaning behind Tom Harkin’s vacuous grin.

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Introduction chapter of Attention Deficit Democracy now online

Lew Rockwell kindly posted the Introduction chapter of Attention Deficit Democracy on his website today. Following is the introduction to I parsed for the posting – Is American democracy in a death spiral? Why do Americans tolerate so many lies and abuses from their rulers? Why have Americans permitted the U.S. government to shred their rights? […]

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The Republican Abramoff Solution

In response to the Jack Abramoff influence-buying scandal, Republican leaders are racing to impose new restrictions on the handouts that lobbyists can give to congressmen. Americans are being assured that the new rules will assure that their representatives are dutiful, high-minded, and devoted to nothing but the public good. This makes about as much sense […]

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