An Earnest Politics
By Matt Hartman The fact that there are thousands of demonstrators currently on the streets of New York and other major cities around the country is good news. But while the existence of Occupy Wall...
View ArticleAmerican Apathy
By Matt Hartman There are at least two ongoing tragedies in Modern American culture that are accepted: murder and poverty. Moreover, they go hand-in-hand. A murder in a rich suburb will always make...
View ArticleLibya and the Price of Democracy
By Matt Hartman After months of civil war, Muammar Gaddafi is dead. As the news spread and celebrations in Libya and elsewhere began, the picture began to take shape: Libya is free, the people can live...
View ArticleThe Limited Language of Politics
By Matt Hartman The most striking feature of Orwell’s 1984 is the way he imagines a language’s alteration as a mode of control. The idea of limiting a vocabulary until merely thinking a insubordinate...
View ArticleA Too Rigid Law
By Matt Hartman There are certain news stories that stand out in their very ordinariness, yet they highlight the workings of our historical era and put our systemic thought on display. Such is the case...
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A Nation of Personality
By Matt Hartman North Korea is a country often discussed under the pretext of evil: heir to Stalin’s communism, hoarder of nuclear weapons, threat to our civilized world. But the death of Kim Jong Il...
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Unity Without Community
By Matt Hartman It’s become trite, but nonetheless true, to cite the emptiness captured by ‘America.’ To be an American today is merely to take part in a nationalism that has mires itself in wars,...
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