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The Courage to Speak Truth in Untruthful Times

Reading Former FBI Director Comey as Parrhesiastes

August 20, 2017 • by Louis Jargow

On June 8th, James Comey, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), gave honest and sincere testimony in front of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. His testimony concerned President Trump’s handling of the FBI investigation into General Flynn’s relationship to Russian interference in the United States presidential ...

The Courage to Speak Truth in Untruthful Times

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Standing Rock, the FBI, and Political Pundits

Past Present Episode 58

November 13, 2016 • by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young and Nicole Hemmer

In this week's episode, Natalia, Niki, and Neil debate the standoff at Standing Rock, the political role of the FBI, and the role of political pundits. Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: The Standing Rock Sioux and activists are protesting the possible construction of the Dakota ...

Standing Rock, the FBI, and Political Pundits

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Why Did Trump Win?

A Proposal for Modesty

November 12, 2016 • by Jeffrey C. Isaac

Why did Trump win? I begin with a question. Because it is a question being asked by so many people, ordinary citizens (and “undocumented” resident non-citizens) and intellectuals, writers, and academics. And because it is and will long remain a question, one with no simple answer. Election day was only a ...

Hillary Clinton Is a Centrist Liberal and an Establishment Politician: She Is Not the Enemy

To my friends on the Left

October 30, 2016 • by Jeffrey C. Isaac

I am uncomfortable with political labels, especially as applied to me. But to most people in the world, I would be considered someone on the left. I am a Contributing Editor of Dissent magazine; I recently edited a new edition of The Communist Manifesto to which I contributed a rather ...