Propaganda Looney Tunes

I remember my history textbooks explaining the use of cartoonish figures as propaganda during the two World Wars. Imagine, for a moment, the inspiring Rosie the Riveter and Uncle Sam contrasted against the overbearing, dull, and cartoonish displays of the …

E.P. Thompson, Marxist rebel

Edward Palmer Thompson was an unlikely Little Englander. He was born 100 years ago into the sort of polymathic, globe-trotting family that this country no longer seems to produce. His parents met in Jerusalem in 1918, where his mother taught …

Where Are We Now?

[The following is the first chapter of Dr. Julie Ponesse’s book, Our Last Innocent Moment.]

Pretending something doesn’t matter doesn’t make it matter less. 

Jennifer Lynn Barnes, All In Do You Matter?

I am Kelly-Sue Oberle. I live at [address]. …