Alan Feinstein
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The joke is on us.
January 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The joke is on us.
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Thornstein Veblen, "The Theory of the Leisure Class" (1899)
"conspicuous consumption" updated to gestural silliness in 2024; defiant indifference to inequities of wealth, increasing poverty.
"conspicuous consumption" updated to gestural silliness in 2024; defiant indifference to inequities of wealth, increasing poverty.
As an artistic statement, it was inevitable.
Could he have let it rot? Given it away? Frozen it?
No, the functions of a hypercapitalist are only to spend obscene wealth and consume. This is the spectacle the art world wanted to see. The rich playing his role on stage.
Could he have let it rot? Given it away? Frozen it?
No, the functions of a hypercapitalist are only to spend obscene wealth and consume. This is the spectacle the art world wanted to see. The rich playing his role on stage.
November 30, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Thornstein Veblen, "The Theory of the Leisure Class" (1899)
"conspicuous consumption" updated to gestural silliness in 2024; defiant indifference to inequities of wealth, increasing poverty.
"conspicuous consumption" updated to gestural silliness in 2024; defiant indifference to inequities of wealth, increasing poverty.
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If tariffs are implemented, prices will rise. And then they will need someone to blame: and you had better believe that they won’t blame the people who implemented the tariffs.
November 26, 2024 at 12:25 PM
If tariffs are implemented, prices will rise. And then they will need someone to blame: and you had better believe that they won’t blame the people who implemented the tariffs.
"Bondi played a leading role in Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, pressing his false claims of voting fraud...
As Florida’s attorney general, Bondi faced widespread criticism for declining to prosecute one of Trump’s businesses, Trump University ... " <WaPo, 22xi
As Florida’s attorney general, Bondi faced widespread criticism for declining to prosecute one of Trump’s businesses, Trump University ... " <WaPo, 22xi
November 22, 2024 at 5:22 AM
"Bondi played a leading role in Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, pressing his false claims of voting fraud...
As Florida’s attorney general, Bondi faced widespread criticism for declining to prosecute one of Trump’s businesses, Trump University ... " <WaPo, 22xi
As Florida’s attorney general, Bondi faced widespread criticism for declining to prosecute one of Trump’s businesses, Trump University ... " <WaPo, 22xi
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Trump Picks McMahon as Education Secretary
The former WWE executive has served on the board of Sacred Heart University since 2004 but has few other ties to higher ed. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4eGHhTA
The former WWE executive has served on the board of Sacred Heart University since 2004 but has few other ties to higher ed. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4eGHhTA
Trump names McMahon education secretary
The former WWE executive has served on the board of Sacred Heart University since 2004 but has few other ties to higher ed.
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November 20, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Trump Picks McMahon as Education Secretary
The former WWE executive has served on the board of Sacred Heart University since 2004 but has few other ties to higher ed. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4eGHhTA
The former WWE executive has served on the board of Sacred Heart University since 2004 but has few other ties to higher ed. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4eGHhTA
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Clearly, Gaza alone does not explain Trump's sweeping victory. But the evidence shows that Harris’ failure to break with Biden’s policy came with a political cost—one that was higher than many had expected.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Harris’s Gaza Policy Was a Disaster on Every Level
Palestine may not have swung the election one way or another. But Democrats unquestionably paid a high price for their refusal to hold Israel accountable.
www.thenation.com
November 19, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Clearly, Gaza alone does not explain Trump's sweeping victory. But the evidence shows that Harris’ failure to break with Biden’s policy came with a political cost—one that was higher than many had expected.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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"Please understand that your choices matter to the rest of us just as much or even more than they matter to you. We may not have your Walmarts or tater tots, your Statue of Liberty or Guantanamo Bay, but we do have oceans, and they are coming for us."
An Open Letter from the Other Side of the World to the 50.2 Percent of Americans Who Probably Won’t Read This and the 48.1 Percent Who Might
Dear Americans, During your country’s recent presidential campaign, President-elect Trump spoke about the threat of climate change: “So they talk a...
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November 19, 2024 at 2:00 PM
"Please understand that your choices matter to the rest of us just as much or even more than they matter to you. We may not have your Walmarts or tater tots, your Statue of Liberty or Guantanamo Bay, but we do have oceans, and they are coming for us."
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Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong's sentencing of 45 activists. Beijing defends it
Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong's sentencing of 45 activists. Beijing defends it
Forty-five prominent activists in Hong Kong have been sentenced to up to 10 years in jail, sparking criticism from foreign governments and rights groups.
apnews.com
November 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong's sentencing of 45 activists. Beijing defends it
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And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
November 17, 2024 at 3:18 PM
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
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This is my essay on JFK Jr from Sept 2023
www.nybooks.com/online/2023/...
www.nybooks.com/online/2023/...
Paradise Lost | Fintan O’Toole
History repeats itself, the first time as hope, the second time as dread. In a preface to the 2002 reissue of her classic work on the fear of bodily
www.nybooks.com
November 16, 2024 at 1:29 PM
This is my essay on JFK Jr from Sept 2023
www.nybooks.com/online/2023/...
www.nybooks.com/online/2023/...
November 16, 2024 at 9:48 AM
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Narrator: the Wall Street Journal editorial board, the National Review and the New York Post appear to be surprised
He ran the most extreme campaign in American history, using language that no presidential candidate has ever used. Why would anyone be surprised that he wants to run an extreme presidency?
November 15, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Narrator: the Wall Street Journal editorial board, the National Review and the New York Post appear to be surprised