Category Archives: Marty’s Blog

David Brooks FEB. 26, 2018 Photo Yale students gathered for a class about happiness in January. Credit Monica Jorge for The New York Times I’ve been going around to campuses asking undergraduate and graduate students how they see the world. … Continue reading →

Feb 6, 2018 Chris Hedges Mr. Fish / Truthdig There will be no economic or political justice for the poor, people of color, women or workers within the framework of global, corporate capitalism. Corporate capitalism, which uses identity politics, multiculturalism … Continue reading →

Nellie Bowles  Feb 5, 2018 Reporter, The New York Times Mark Neuling | CNBC Roger McNamee SAN FRANCISCO — A group of Silicon Valley technologists who were early employees at Facebook and Google, alarmed over the ill effects of social … Continue reading →

By STEVE ALMOND FEB. 2, 2018 Photo Credit Matt Chase For all those sour headlines about slumping ratings and player protests, the National Football League landed a dandy matchup for its marquee event. More than 110 million Americans will probably … Continue reading →

Jan 28, 2018  Chris Hedges The Useful Idiocy of Donald Trump Mr. Fish / Truthdig The problem with Donald Trump is not that he is imbecilic and inept—it is that he has surrendered total power to the oligarchic and military … Continue reading →

January 23, 2018 Chris Hedges Mr. Fish / Truthdig DETROIT—The abolition of net neutrality and the use of algorithms by Facebook, Google, YouTube and Twitter to divert readers and viewers from progressive, left-wing and anti-war sites, along with demonizing as … Continue reading →

Will American politics return to normalcy in 2021 or 2025? I’m not betting on it. Oprah Winfrey backstage with her Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 75th Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., Jan. 7. Photo: Reuters By Peggy … Continue reading →

Jan 07, 2018 Corpses of Souls- Chris Hedges Mr. Fish / Truthdig Walker Percy in his 1971 dystopian novel “Love in the Ruins” paints a picture of a morally degenerate America consumed by hedonism, wallowing in ignorance, led by kleptocrats … Continue reading →

The Visionless Society Mr. Fish / Truthdig Ralph Nader & Chris Hedges January 3, 2018 Imagine yourself in early 2019. The Democrats, despite never articulating a political vision other than not being Donald Trump and refusing to roll back Republican … Continue reading →

Dec 25, 2017 Chris Hedges- Truth Dig  Mr. Fish / Truthdig In the early 1980s I was in a refugee camp for Guatemalans who had fled the war into Honduras. It was a cold, dreary winter afternoon. The peasant farmers … Continue reading →