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Authenticity – NYTimes.com So: I support tax increases that will reduce my own after-tax income; I worry greatly about unemployment, even though my own living is secure; I warn about growing inequality, even though I’m of the class that has gained from rising disparities; I’m upset about the direction this country is going, even though […]

Iran: Jailed blogger, Hossein Derakhshan (”Hoder”) may face death penalty A reliable source has told Global Voices that Tehran's prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for jailed Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan (also known as “Hoder”). The presiding judge, named Salavati, has not yet ruled in the case. Derakhshan has been accused of “collaborating with enemy […]

Chris Hedges: Wisdom of the Terrorist’s Son – Chris Hedges' Columns – Truthdig They come packaged as patriots and heroes, wearing rows of medals like David Petraeus or Stanley McChrystal, or they stumble onto the stage as bearded villains wearing suicide belts. But they are all killers. They all drink the same, dark elixir of […]

Edge: Consensus Document — The New Science of Morality In the last ten years, morality has become a major convergence zone for scholars in the sciences and humanities. The volume of research has increased rapidly, as has the diversity of methods employed. In an effort to take stock of this rapidly changing field, Edge convened […]

guest post: who's allowed to be angry? | angry asian man The difference is not just in the diversity of images, or the fact that white anger can have positive or neutral connotations. More importantly, it's that the white examples humanize anger. They narrate anger such that, even when we disagree with its motivations, we […]

Games not art after all, say angry gamers And on goes Heppe's write-up. Though she also covered gameplay issues in her review, responses from G4's readers were often negative. Of the hundreds of comments published, many attacked the author directly. Amid the predictable misogyny and hostility, a pattern emerges: it's just a game. Some even […]