Tuesday, 09 February 2010

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Ganeshism

Adeline Loh

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Opinion

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Heated words...

Thursday, 24 September 2009 | Keith Kirchner

article thumbnailThere's always that search for equilibrium, that rush back to the infuriating center, annoying because it's typically only visible from far away distances.
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What is Think Magazine?

Tuesday, 10 November 2009 | Jeffree Benet

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Sheeple of America

 
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America - Freedom To Fascism -1656880303867390173 Dozens of people have...
 

article thumbnailGhosts in the machine

The advantages of the electronic age have been trumpeted long and hard. Yet in the rush...
 

article thumbnailPrivacy is dead

Are you ready to live in a ultra-surveillence society? (You already are). ...
 

article thumbnailThe Power of Ten

In order to not be lost, you have to not only know where you are, but when you are. ...
 

article thumbnailRon Paul - The Censorship Continues

But America conned them. Messy election wrangling, corrupt politicians of all stripes...
 

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"Bin Laden didn’t blow up the projects It was you, nigga Tell the...
 

article thumbnail25 Rules of Disinformation - The Politicians Credo

Note: The first rule and last five (or six, depending on situation) rules are...
 

article thumbnailThe History of Hemp Repression

For quite some time I...
 

article thumbnailHow to influence the political process

Our votes don't count at all. To believe that is truly to miss the point... ...
 

 

Health

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Messing up your own mind

Monday, 14 September 2009 | Keith Kirchner

article thumbnailPROZAC, the American anti-depressant, may be targeted at children now that its coverage of the...
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Help yourself...

Monday, 14 September 2009 | Robert S., PhD

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Economics

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The Morality Of Free Markets - Capitalism's Persuasion Vs. Socialism's Coercion

Wednesday, 16 September 2009 | Charles Oliver

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DIY Culture

Thursday, 24 September 2009 | Hopeless idealist

article thumbnail What are the youth of today coming to?
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Philiosophy

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Edward, a disgruntled Philosopher

Thursday, 01 October 2009 | Edward

article thumbnail Well, as Robert Anton Wilson has definitively illustrated, the year 2000 was a crowning mark...
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Limitless selfhood

Sunday, 25 October 2009 | Celestine Wee

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Drugs

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Everything starts with an E: the story of Ecstacy

Sunday, 13 September 2009 | Think Magazine

article thumbnailThe agony and the Ecstacy. Everyone's got a horror story. Heard the one about the guy at a London...
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The History of Hemp Repression

Saturday, 07 November 2009 | Loch David Crane

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The Truth behind Glenn Beck PDF Print E-mail
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Tags: Fox News | Glenn Beck | right wing politics

Common Nonsense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance Many of our long time readers are well familiar with the work of Alexander Zaitchik over the years in Think Magazine. His witty and direct to the punch style builds up layers and layers of facts until the big picture slaps you in the face for not seeing it.

This spring, Wiley & Sons will release his first book, Common Nonsense: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance . It is the first in-depth look at this bizarre conservative icon for the new century - his biography, his shtick, his politics, his business, his "meaning."

Half of the book chronicles his coke-fueled years as a Top 40 deejay, his early talk radio success in Tampa, and his rapid rise to multimedia super-stardom.

The second half of the book analyzes his worldview, his tactics, and the shifting media and political landscapes that have enabled him to become the second most influential conservative voice in the country (behind only Rush Limbaugh.) The book's most detailed case studies examine Beck's high-profile campaigns against Van Jones and ACORN.

It's too early for reviews, but below is a sampling of the critical response to the four-part excerpt he published at Salon in September:

"Horrifying... Chillingly informative." - Christopher Knight, The L.A. Times
"A must-read." - Michael Tomasky, The Guardian

"Highly recommended." - Sarah Posner, The American Prospect
"Fascinating." - Andrew Sullivan, The Atlantic
"Fascinating." - Joe Conason, The New York Observer
"Superb." - Glenn Greenwald, Salon
"Edifying." - Todd Gitlin, Talking Points Memo
"A terrific antidote to Beck dreck." - Kevin Drum, Mother Jones
"Yeoman's work. Zaitchik digs deep." - Simon Malloy, Media Matters for America
"Despicable, yellow journalism." - Glenn Beck, Fox News Channel

 
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Wednesday, 16 September 2009 | Karl Rotstan

The subject this month is Cattle Mutilations; Satanist Cult or...
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Wednesday, 16 September 2009 | Think Magazine

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Thursday, 17 September 2009 | Think Magazine

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Saturday, 26 September 2009 | David Icke

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Fiction and Poetry

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Thursday, 29 October 2009 | Alexander Zaitchik

Irvine Welsh's fifth and finest book. In which an Edinburgh detective named Bruce Robertson does...
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Saturday, 24 October 2009 | Joe Bodia

Jaclyn Moriarty's 2000 novel Feeling Sorry for Celia was one of the funniest debut novels to be...
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Monday, 26 October 2009 | Jeffree Benet

Carol Bowman's book is fascinating and sure to be controversial, but it at least explains those...
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Saturday, 24 October 2009 | Jeffree Benet

The most amazing thing happened when I started to read this book...
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Sunday, 25 October 2009 | Jeffree Benet

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