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Tracking Trends Great & Small: Cold War
Cold War Triumphalism provides an excellent source for a better understanding of American phenomenon. As Schrecker explains the work, a patriotic celebration prevails, glorifying Washington's past actions in order to justify its present ones. But by presenting alternative explanations of the Cold War, the writers in this book complicate the standard narrative and thus challenge the uses to which it is being put. And the uses of such triumphalism, she notes, are fairly clear; it is trotted out to justify U.S. militarism, laissez-faire capitalism, belief in religious orthodoxy, and imperialism -- or, rather, U.S. imperialism.
• Cold War Worriers (sic) [ Political Ignorance Is No Bliss; Politics is, at best, a shallow and depressing game. Maybe I should qualify; by politics I mean the seemingly unending spectacle of parliaments [cabinets], press conferences, politicians, pundits, media experts, elections, sloganeering, etc., that goes on above our heads while we, the massive plebeian multitude, find ourselves trudging through the everyday. Politics is a sad and bitter circus. The rejection of a perfect society, and on green parties and green revolution]
• · The investigation by John Mulcair, St George Leader of Sutherland Shire area Sydney, reveals the extend of asbesto fibro dumped on the site of the Stables in Towra Point (30/09/2004 offline). Ben Hills investigates: There was one name missing from the scathing indictment of James Hardie Industries - that of the man whose family ran the business for nearly a century Sins of the fathers: Asbesto Negligence spirals [Meredith Hellicar]
• · · Prophetic Message to my Great, Great, Grandchildren Girls Rock: Women may beat men in sprint by 2156 ; [Barber, a high school debating coach, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, a farmer and a ragtime pianist are among the 23 recipients of $500,000 'genius awards' PS: This is one of the few years women and nonacademics have dominated the list since the annual awards program began in 1981]
• · · · John Birmingham Humour-drive ... Did you hear the one about the dictator? Freedom means the ability to laugh at your leaders - and get away with it
• · · · · Jennifer L. Holberg The Spinster's Story: Is marriage the only happy ending we can imagine for our stories?
• · · · · · Men aged 25 to 44 are at prime risk of depressionBlokes v the darkness