Re: [PEN-L] Academic repression

2005-02-11 Thread Louis Proyect
Now with Lynn Stewart. I know that it is bad form to compare matters with the Nazis, but this atmosphere makes me wonder about what people were thinking when ugly stuff was bubbling up in Germany. At least they had an organized left. -- Michael Perelman Hitler was able to come to power because

[PEN-L] FW: News Alert: Arthur Miller, Playwright, Is Dead at 89

2005-02-11 Thread Devine, James
Arthur Miller, Legendary American Playwright, Is Dead at 89 Arthur Miller, one of the great American playwrights, whose work exposed the flaws in the fabric of the American dream, died Thursday night at his home in Roxbury, Conn. He was 89. The cause was congestive heart failure, said Julia

[PEN-L] US imperialism: the origins of blowback in Afghanista

2005-02-11 Thread Charles Brown
Abolish the CIA! ( Too late :) Chalmers Johnson Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to 10 September 2001 by Steve Coll ยท Penguin, 695 pp, US $29.95 London Review of Books | Vol. 26 No. 20 dated 21 October 2004 | It should by now be

Re: [PEN-L] Arthur Miller, Playwright, Is Dead at 89

2005-02-11 Thread Chris Burford
Thank you Arthur Miller. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/233032.stm http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1411098,00.html His plays played quite often in London, where the cheaper price of theatre seats made him arguably more accessible than in the USA. I particularly

Re: [PEN-L] Academic repression

2005-02-11 Thread Michael Perelman
Ian mentioned the tort reform bill. It may be that the chemical industry was just stalling. I don't know if the bill is retroactive. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

[PEN-L] mark weisbrot interview on social security

2005-02-11 Thread michael perelman
http://ianmasters.org/left_coast.html -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University michael at ecst.csuchico.edu Chico, CA 95929 530-898-5321 fax 530-898-5901

[PEN-L] the [Amartya] Sen difference

2005-02-11 Thread Eubulides
http://www.flonnet.com/fl2204/fl220400.htm

Re: [PEN-L] Ward Churchill liberal lynch mob

2005-02-11 Thread Doyle Saylor
Greetings Economists, LP writes, The blog has emerged as an important Internet medium. Unlike the more horizontally oriented mailing list (let alone the anarchistically free-for-all usenet), the blog is essentially a vertical medium. Some personality with a bit of name recognition will set up a