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Hi, I missed seeing The Social Network and The King's Speech, both of which are probably worth your time.  The most over-rated movie of the year was Inception.  It was, y'know, alright. Black Swan almost made the Best list, as did The Ghost Writer, the "Dragon Tattoo" mo... Read more

[audio here] The Komen Foundation's recent decision to pull its funding from Planned Parenthood was not an aberration, and not unrelated to the recent conflict over the need for health insurance plans to cover contraception. Both, of course, constitute attacks on women'... Read more

  The well-read red has been reading about gentrification, as well as seeing plenty of it.    Despite what we often hear in mainstream media, gentrification is not simply a cultural change in a neighborhood, and not simply a matter of individual choices.  Rather, it invo... Read more

I'll be back broadcasting this Thursday; I've been following the naval buildups versus Tehran and Pyongyang.  The war rhetoric is cranking up as well.  With the hurricane season threatening to wash oil all over the US Gulf Coast, the oligarchy is no doubt crying for a di... Read more