Reviewed by Curtis Price “Early Marx also threatens the academy, being critical of the very professors who now stand guard over Marxian scholarship.” This unusual book (unusual because it’s written by a conservative physician and political scientist involved with the right-wing Hudson Institute) offers a penetrating, lucid and well-documented analysis of alienation in contemporary capitalism […]
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Letter From Huntsville: “Look Out For One Another”
by Curtis Price Through an unknown Facebook friend, I was added to a “secret” Facebook group of some 2,000-odd folks in northern Alabama, where I live. You can’t join, you have to be referred and vetted as trustworthy. I can’t call out its colorful name (which loosely translates as “Look Out For One Another [LOFOA],” […]
Suggestions for shutdown
Hard Crackers wants to help the nation out in its time of need; therefore we’ve drawn up the following recommendations for what the government could do during the shutdown: 1. End all drone attacks. 2. Close all solitary confinement facilities in federal prisons. 3. Eliminate border patrols. 4. End ICE raids. 5. Suspend all financial […]
The Secret Lives of Rikers Island Jail Guards
“Corrections should rehabilitate the inmates,” writes C. René West in Caught in the Struggle, “but who has the time. The officers are so busy trying to sift through all the confusion in the parking lots, locker rooms and in the corridors with all the animosity and foolishness that there is no time or consideration to […]
Growing a Life Worth Living
by Max Mackay Each day that I wake up begins with a sigh. Rolling out of bed in the afternoon, I feed my cats and walk outside. I sit, watch the birds, and enjoy some cannabis. There is a beautiful pond in my peripheral. This is my healthcare as I have not seen a doctor […]
Army having difficulty recruiting
Facing low recruitment levels, the U.S. Army quietly lifted its ban on allowing people with a history of mental illness, self-mutilation and drug abuse to serve in the military – despite warnings from the industry about the risks involved. The new rules green-light recruits who have bipolar disorder, depression and issues with cutting – a […]