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Guest Commentator

Jason Miller

Jason Miller is a wage slave of the American Empire who has freed himself intellectually and spiritually. His essays have appeared widely on the Internet, he volunteers at homeless shelters, and he is recovering from his addiction to the NFL. He welcomes constructive correspondence via his blog, Thomas Paine's Corner.

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Guest Commentary

Jonesing for a Hit of Man Fuel: Of Pigskin Pushers, Football (Fan)atics, and Blissful Blindness

By Jason Miller Guest Commentator

According to the inanity dutifully recited by the talking heads of the corporate media, the Middle East is teeming with hordes of “Islamofascist” human incendiary devices lining up to detonate themselves into martyr’s paradise. Fortunately for us highly civilized Westerners, those of us sporting the Y chromosome can channel Nirvana with a mere click of…

According to the inanity dutifully recited by the talking heads of the corporate media, the Middle East is teeming with hordes of “Islamofascist” human incendiary devices…

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Think Piece – Your Huddled Masses are my Wretched Refuse: Enter the Golden Door to Subjugation

By Jason Miller Guest Commentator

Were she a sentient being, Lady Liberty would drop her torch in disgust, bow her head in shame, and erupt with tears. Portrayed as the gatekeeper to freedom and opportunity, the sad reality is that her beacon of hope has drawn many into the predatory system of American Capitalism, providing the White wealthy elite of…

Were she a sentient being, Lady Liberty would drop her torch in disgust, bow her head in shame, and erupt with tears. Portrayed as the gatekeeper…

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New Orleans Unmasks Apartheid, American Style

By Jason Miller Guest Commentator

What is the recipe for a toxic sludge potent enough to destroy a heavily populated city and inflict infection with a mere splash? Start with a force of nature powerful beyond belief. Mix in an ample supply of sewage, garbage, brackish water from Lake Ponchatrain, floating corpses of humans and animals, and various and sundry…

What is the recipe for a toxic sludge potent enough to destroy a heavily populated city and inflict infection with a mere splash? Start with a…

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