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“This guy, is, I believe, racist”

The author of Wired thinks ‘hardwired’ is a really good word…

Tariq Ali: The Obama Syndrome

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Tariq Ali: The Obama Syndrome

‘How can a poet, someone who makes a career of talking to herself, write one of the most public poems in history?’

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When the Spirit Moves

From Stanley to Xenophonic

Challenging the integrationist story of black history in America

Chris Hedges: ‘Language is our first step toward salvation’

All the Presidents’ Bookshelves

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‘The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama’ by David Remnick

‘…thinking of today’s economic and financial crisis, isn’t it the winners who have gotten us into this mess?’

Contradictions in Obama’s nuclear disarmament stance

‘As he spoke, I could see Obama chuckling. McCain’s comments were anticlimactic, to say the least.’

‘Compared to Fred Phelps, Glenn Beck is a poseur, a Hallmark card…’

UFO fanatics obtimistic about the “disclosure president”

‘American policy toward Cairo, its closest Arab ally and, since 1979, its second-largest recipient of foreign aid, has been in need of a facelift for some time’

Taibbi: ‘Instead of reining in Wall Street, Obama has allowed himself to be seduced by it’

Little change to the “empire’s workshop”

Obama a year later

Europe and the US renew their vows: a cause for celebration?