1848+: Last and First Men

http://darwiniana.com/2010/07/30/when-in-the-course-of-human-events-2/

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http://darwiniana.com/2010/07/30/we-need-a-new-revolution-not-a-lost-cause/

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“The Secret of the Grain” will be screened on the Sundance Channel
on the following dates:
http://www.sundancechannel.com/films/500543322/
Movie Review: “The Secret of the Grain” (Abdellatif Kachiche, 2007)
The precarious status of North African immigrants in France
grounds the complex family drama that is “The Secret of the
Grain.” Taking its title from the savory Fish Couscous that is a
signature dish of [...]

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http://wsws.org/articles/2010/jul2010/econ-j29.shtml
The “new normal”: More than one in five Americans at risk of
destitution
By Barry Grey
29 July 2010

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Anglo-American Political Philosophy 101
The Poor Must Die
By CHRIS FLOYD
News from Blighty: the disparity in death rates between the well-off and the poor in the UK is now greater than at any time since 1921. The London Review of Books points to a new study by the British Medical Journal that shows [...]

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American stupidity, darwinism, and neoclassical crackpot economics

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Why were resources expunged from neo-classical economics?
Update: Read Martin Wolf’s conclusions on the debate
Something strange happened to economics about a century ago. In moving from
classical to neo-classical economics — the dominant academic school today —
economists expunged land — or natural resources. Neo-classical value theory —
based on marginalism and subjective valuation — still makes a great [...]

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by Darwin BondGraham
No medium of propaganda is as powerful and effective as film.
Think of the classics, the most notorious efforts to sway the
public with the electrifying and collective passion of cinema:
racial apartheid was justified in the US with Birth of a Nation.
The Soviets glorified their revolution with The Battleship
Potemkin. Then there was Triumph of the [...]

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http://www.salon.com/books/nonfiction/index.html?story=/books/feature/2010/07/20/fur_fortune_and_empire_eric_jay_dolin
Tuesday, Jul 20, 2010 09:15 ET
“Fur, Fortune, and Empire”: How the fur trade shaped America
Animal pelts helped create our nation — and spawn a global power
struggle. A fascinating new book explains how

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-13/-capitalism-not-so-sacred-to-americans-as-downturn-sours-mood-polls-show.html
`Capitalism’ Not So Sacred to Americans as Mood Sours
By Mark Drajem – Jul 13, 2010

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