Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions


Briefly Noted, Empire, Videos-Movies-Podcasts

US Regime Change – the Empire in action

February 16, 2024 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image FootnotesJeffery Sachs, “Opinion | How the CIA Destabilizes the World | Common Dreams,” Common --->> read more -->>
Briefly Noted, Family, Politics, Social Nature

What Americans can learn from Danish masculinity – a reposting

January 31, 2024 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Capitalism, Economy, Videos-Movies-Podcasts

Briefly Noted – The Deficit Myth: The Biggest Lie In Politics | 1Dime

December 28, 2023 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Empire, Environment

Why are we spending $1.5 trillion on nuclear weapons?

November 26, 2023 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Economy, Racism/White Supremacy, Videos-Movies-Podcasts

The Glory of Our Food – on the back of farm workers – more from John Oliver

April 19, 2023 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image Footnoteshttps://dol.ny.gov/news/new-york-state-department-labor-finalizes-farm-worker-overtime-regulations
Briefly Noted, Capitalism, Economy

Wealth & Poverty course from Robert Reich – UC Berkeley

April 6, 2023 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Politics

Defendant Trump Pleads Not Guilty To 34 Felonies

April 4, 2023 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Justice/Jails

More on our status as Number One in Incarceration – Jon Stewart

March 27, 2023 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Politics, Videos-Movies-Podcasts

Lewis Black on capitalism from 2009

March 16, 2023 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Capitalism, Economy, Family

Sources of Poverty in the US – Matthew Desmond article – Updated

March 16, 2023 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image FootnotesMatthew Desmond, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Penguin Books, 2016)https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/magazine/poverty-by-america-matthew-desmond.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/24/opinion/income-inequality-upper-middle-class.htmlThere is --->> read more -->>
Briefly Noted, Politics

“Why believe…..?” – Jill Lepore on Jan 6, Trump & America

March 13, 2023 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image FootnotesJill Lepore, “What the January 6th Report Is Missing,” The New Yorker, January 9, --->> read more -->>
Briefly Noted, Technology, Videos-Movies-Podcasts

Artificial Intelligence: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – recently noted

March 12, 2023 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Technology

Noam Chomsky on ChatGPT & brethren

March 8, 2023 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image FootnotesHumboldt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_von_Humboldt Here is a concrete example of external costs defined within the railway --->> read more -->>
Briefly Noted, Capitalism, Economy

Financialization and going off the rails with Norfolk Southern

March 6, 2023 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image Footnoteshttps://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/13/archives/a-friedman-doctrine-the-social-responsibility-of-business-is-to.htmlhttps://robertreich.substack.com/p/warren-buffett-is-dead-wrong-aboutfrom summary of Thomas Palley, “Financialization: What It Is and Why It Matters,” Working --->> read more -->>
Briefly Noted, Politics, Videos-Movies-Podcasts

“Liar, Liar Network On Fire: The Legal Case Against Fox News” – Jon Stewart and RonNell Anderson Jones

February 27, 2023 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Racism/White Supremacy

“Why Did Racial Progress Stall in America?”

December 4, 2020 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Economy, Education, Inequality, Justice/Jails, Racism/White Supremacy, Videos-Movies-Podcasts

“How Structural Racism Works” – Tricia Rose and Samuel Rosen – recently noted

June 7, 2020 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Politics, Racism/White Supremacy

Recently Noted – Eric Foner on the Electoral College, presidential elections…..

May 21, 2020 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image Footnotesmore about Foner here: http://www.ericfoner.com/
Briefly Noted, Economy, Family, Inequality

Recently Noted – “Across America, working-class people are dying of despair”

January 17, 2020 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Environment, Videos-Movies-Podcasts

The Great Recycling Con video story – recently noted

December 9, 2019 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Capitalism, Economy

Market Concentration – Walmart and Groceries

October 25, 2019 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image FootnotesRoutley, Nick. “Visualizing Walmart’s Domination of the U.S. Grocery Market.” Visual Capitalist. Accessed November --->> read more -->>
Briefly Noted, Capitalism, Racism/White Supremacy

Recently Noted – challenging views of Justice Clarence Thomas – the intractable nature of white racism

October 15, 2019 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
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Recently Noted – Your Burger vs. Transatlantic Flight – how much CO2?

October 4, 2019 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Empire, Videos-Movies-Podcasts

Recently Noted – Overthrow: 100 Years of US Meddling & Regime Change, from Iran to Nicaragua to Hawaii to Cuba

August 22, 2019 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Education, Inequality, Racism/White Supremacy

Recently Noted – busing, re-segregation, white supremacy

July 17, 2019 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Capitalism, Economy, Politics, Videos-Movies-Podcasts

Recently Noted – Robert Reich: Socialism for the Rich, Capitalism for the Rest – a new video presentation

April 8, 2019 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Inequality, Justice/Jails

Recently Noted – John Thompson and Justice – Prosecution With No Recourse

January 26, 2019 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
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Attention Engineering – The New Frontier In Advertising

January 3, 2019 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
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Recently Noted – Serial the Podcast – More Evidence of the Delusion of Justice –

November 4, 2018 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image FootnotesWhy Innocent People Plead Guilty" by Jed Rakoff in New York Review of Books --->> read more -->>
Briefly Noted, Justice/Jails, Other

Recently Noted – Hudson NY and Its SWAT Team

September 1, 2018 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image Footnotes https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/08/militarization-of-local-police-isnt-making-anyone-safer/568900/ accessed 09012018http://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/early/2018/08/14/1805161115.full.pdf accessed 09012018
Briefly Noted, Capitalism, Politics, Videos-Movies-Podcasts

Recently Noted – Robert Reich: how we got into this mess and how we get out of it

December 29, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Economy, Family, Inequality

Recently Noted – A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America by Ed Pilkington

December 27, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Capitalism, Economy

Recently Noted: World Inequality Report 2018 – findings and policies

December 14, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Empire

Cost of War – $5.6 trillion for US wars 2001-2017

December 12, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image FootnotesDepartment of Defense, “Estimated Cost to Each Taxpayer for the Wars in Afghanistan, Iraq --->> read more -->>
Briefly Noted, Empire, Racism/White Supremacy

Thanksgiving – a bit of a corrective history telling and turkey adaptation

November 22, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Justice/Jails

Recently Noted – women in prison in the US – more on mass incarceration

November 21, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Politics

Recently Noted – “What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings? International Comparisons Suggest an Answer”

November 7, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
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Recently Noted – “Millions of professional drivers will be replaced…..” – NBC News

November 6, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Environment

Recently Noted: The Environment under Trump – from National Geographic

November 5, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
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Recently Noted – Bumpy Ride Why America’s roads are in tatters

November 4, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Capitalism, Economy

Recently Noted – John Oliver and Monopoly Capitalism

September 26, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Racism/White Supremacy

Recently Noted – 1930s Redlining and Segregation Today

August 29, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Family, Healthcare

Recently Noted – maternal mortality in America

August 18, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
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Recently Noted – “Making Affirmative Action White Again”

August 13, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Racism/White Supremacy

Recently Noted – about racism

August 2, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Capitalism, Healthcare

Recently Noted – about healthcare

July 30, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Empire

Recently Noted – about the American Empire

July 28, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Capitalism, Economy

2017 ASCE Infrastructure Report Card

July 26, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Healthcare

Recently Noted – about healthcare – international comparisons

July 17, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Capitalism

Recently Noted – about free market capitalism – is capitalism the real problem?

July 14, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Healthcare

Recently Noted – about healthcare

June 21, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Capitalism

Recently Noted – free-market capitalism

June 17, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Capitalism

Recently Noted – in free-market capitalism and US economy

June 7, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Inequality

Recently Noted – about racism

May 12, 2017 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image
Briefly Noted, Inequality, Politics

Economic Inequality – Does It Matter?

May 9, 2012 Curated books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other material from the current press and academia about American Delusions X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image

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