Under Stalin—and the Soviet system in general—someone who fell into disfavor by the ruling Party could become a “nonperson.” They weren’t just thrown out of power or persecuted, it was as though they did not exist.
While MSNBC hosts pay a lot of attention to Dick Cheney, making him a nonperson is their goal. Once, while [...]
Foreign Terrorists Deserve Representation; but the Cheneys are Nonpersons: Meltdown with(out) Keith Olbermann Part 38
March 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Symposium: Is Hannah Arendt Still Relevant?
February 26, 2010 By 13 Comments
David Satter and Bernard Wassertein battle it out on Arendt’s definition of totalitarianism and its relevance for the terror war.
Why is This Woman Handing Out Blank Absentee Ballots?
January 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This YouTube just went viral. It appears to show a woman handing out blank absentee ballots in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Now, why would she do that? Dear me, what a mystery.
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Nothing to See Here, Folks: Meltdown with Keith Olbermann Part 50
Keith Olbermann, who ran approximately 943,347 stories on how Karl Rove, Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney and probably even George W. Bush should go to prison because—as it turned out—Richard Armitage “leaked’ the name of a CIA bureaucrat whose husband had already listed her in Who’s Who, Friday night had this response to the revelation that [...]