New secretary of education Betsy DeVos and her agenda for the future of American education reminds us of the problematic meaning of the word “choice.” Like many of the concepts …
Deconstructing Education, one Federal Department at a Time
The Trump administration and GOP lawmakers are working on dismantling the Department of Education. Just as new secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was narrowly confirmed, Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie introduced …
The Insanity of the Right and the Stupidity of the Left
As Jeremy Rifkin reminds us, the anti-globalization movement that is now a key part of Trumpism actually began as a left/liberal movement in the end of the Clinton years. In …
What is to be Done?
Millions demonstrated yesterday throughout America. It seems these were the biggest rallies since the Vietnam era. There was clear comradely of dissent, palpable human energy and, yes, anger, while celebration …
The Real, the Ideal, and the Angry in the Age of Trump
There is scene in Jack Clayton’s groundbreaking 1959 British film, Room at the Top, that speaks, uncannily, of our political situation in the Trump era. The protagonist Joe Lampton has …
Charleston Shooting and the Rising Millennial Fringe
By Iván Castañeda
The Problem with Israel and America
By Iván Castañeda
Mechanical Age of War Reproduction
The United States does not have Arcades, but it has the mall in D.C. The mall is lined with museums, which have gift shops filled with mechanical reproductions of the …