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Prepare for Stark and Total Privatization at Penn State and Beyond

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: July 25, 2012

This is a repost from Greg Plefka, reprinted with permission from the blog VulgarTrader.com where he is a contributor and editor. Here, he discusses the link between the pedophilia scandal at Penn State, school privatization and the destruction of the college system as we know it. 

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Christopher Nolan’s Batman as Social Criticism (Part 2)

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: July 10, 2012

This is part 2 of 2. For part 1, click here. If the primary theme of the new Batman movies could be boiled down to one word, it would be fascism. Clearly, all superhero movies have fascist elements in them. They feature superhuman beings who through force of will and personal strength are capable of beating back otherwise […]

Posted in Opinion, Reviews | Also tagged Literary Criticism, OWS | 3 Responses

Justice In America is a Farce

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: June 18, 2012

Finally, our long national nightmare is over. The government brought charges, submitted its case to the people, and the people decided. Baseball player Roger Clemens has been acquitted of perjury for allegedly lying to congress when asked about using performance enhancing drugs. Of course, no amount of press fanfare should be spared for such a […]

Posted in Opinion | Also tagged Banks, Justice System, Law Enforcement | Leave a comment

Slouching Towards Nuremberg? By Morris Berman

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: May 9, 2012

This is a repost from the blog of author and social critic Morris Berman, originally published in May of 2012. Here he talks about the creeping totalitarian state that is slowly acclimating us to having few if any rights. Considering our recent post on the pervasiveness of police strip searches, it seemed worthy of a repost here. […]

Posted in Reposts | Also tagged Justice System, Law Enforcement, NDAA | Leave a comment

Why I No Longer Watch Television

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: May 5, 2012

When I first began telling people I don’t watch television, the reaction was amusing. They reacted with surprise, as though it were an extreme lifestyle choice. Their skeptical reaction was greater than if I had announced a plan to give up soda or meat. In one instance someone actually asked, “If you don’t watch television, […]

Posted in Opinion | Also tagged Media | 1 Response

Christopher Nolan’s Batman as Social Criticism (Part 1)

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: December 20, 2011

Good art, real art that is, always reflects some greater reality about the times we live in. False art or corporate art seeks rather to distract from reality in an effort to get us to buy and consume more and more, never questioning how fragile the whole system is. We think the next Batman movie […]

Posted in Opinion, Reviews | Also tagged Literary Criticism, OWS | 4 Responses
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