North Korea to Olympians: No Medals Means Labor Camp

From Ericka Andersen, at the Heritage Foundation : What if not winning a gold medal in the Olympics meant being cast out of society and forc...

The Violent Ideology of Revolutionary Theorist Slavoj Žižek

There's no pullout quotes at John Gray's essay, at the New York Review, " The Violent Visions of Slavoj Žižek ." Read it a...

The Last Refuge of Radical America

It's Oakland, California, according to the New York Times, " Oakland, the Last Refuge of Radical America ": Why are radicals s...

The Jacobin: Chris Hayes of MSNBC

A couple of weeks back, TPM ran an interview with far-left cable host Chris Hayes, " MSNBC’s Chris Hayes: No Symmetry Between Fox News ...

North Koreans Meet Their First Lady

At the New York Times, " North Korean Leader Marries ."

Alexander Cockburn, Shill for Communism, Dead at 71

David Horowitz comments on the death of Alexander Cockburn: Alex Cockburn is dead of cancer at the age of 71. Alex was an influential voice...

Is Obama a Socialist?

Well, it depends what you mean by "socialist." If you make a perfect equation between socialism and the totalitarian communism of ...

The Socialist's Constitution

Progressives are at base socialists in the Marxist mode. They won't admit it, because socialism has been discredited historically; but b...

The Return of Marxism

I don't think the new communists will pull off the full scale proletarian revolution, but there's no doubt that Marx's revolutio...

Uri Friedman's 'American Exceptionalism' Neglects Mention of Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis

It's a good essay (and it looks especially good in the glossy format at hard copy of the magazine). See: " 'American Exceptiona...

Graphic Abortion Photos Stir Outrage in China

Steven Ertelt has the report, " China Apologizes, Suspends Officials Over Forced Late-Term Abortion ." And from Independent UK, ...