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In George Orwell’s novel 1984, the Ministry of Love, despite its name, is not about affection or compassion. Instead, it is the enforcement arm of the Party, responsible for surveillance, torture, brainwashing, and punishment of political dissidents.The post...

Purge is the word symbol of Athena – AthensSo, I slip me a work out in on a local trailway and then decide to drop off a deposit at my bank. I spot a branch of my bank just down the way and think, cool, I’ll just pop in the drive-through. But there is no...

I didn’t meet a Republican until I was 18 years old, my freshman year at university. I grew up in working class suburbs of Detroit. Everyone was union. Everyone was a Democrat. This was the party of the New Deal, FDR, JFK. That political party, that institution which...

FILE PHOTO: Vladimir Zelensky. ©  Mert Gokhankoc / dia images via Getty Images Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has cast doubt on the possibility of direct peace talks with Russia, citing the lack of trust between the two countries. His comments come as Moscow has accused...

Even veteran political observers are unclear about  how far Donald Trump and his Submissives will go to exorcise America’s history, and deny the public’s right-to-know.  The administration has already removed or altered historical and scientific information from...

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The following is the Introduction to my new book, At the Lost and Found (Clarity Press). My dear mother, who had an artistic temperament that tended at times toward the sentimental, liked to call me a contrarian. She was right. I think she liked but feared this...