Monthly Archives: February 2008

29 Feb

The Engineer Who Refused

An interview with engineer Paul Cottle, who risked his career to oppose the US Military-Industrial complex

28 Feb

Making the Best of Nader’s Run

Progressive whipping boy Ralph Nader still poses a threat to corporate Democrats

27 Feb

Bonnie the Obscure

Searching for the elusive figure of Bonnie “Prince” Billy

26 Feb

De Tocqueville Endorses Making The Band 4

Is Sean Combs the PT Barnum of our generation?

25 Feb

Preserving Our Independents: Featherproof Books

Bound and determined, small publishers press onward

22 Feb

The Release

“…no one could predict precisely when all the pressure would release. For her, it would be soon, very soon, not soon enough.” Short fiction by Jasmin Serim.

21 Feb

The Politics of Vegetarianism

The inconvenient truth about meat consumption.

20 Feb

Progressive Imperatives

As biology comes to dominate the political debate, progressives must reconsider our understanding of natural selection.

19 Feb

David Singer’s Grown-up Symphonies To God

Songwriter David Singer’s pop muse matures gracefully.

18 Feb

The Book of Jobs That People Won’t Read

Steve Jobs’ declaration that nobody reads anymore is on one level correct, and on another, absolutely bonkers.

15 Feb

Sick Bed Blues

A special preview of the new graphic novel by Bay Area artist Koak.

14 Feb

Valentine’s Day With Riskay

We celebrate Valentine’s Day with an interview with Riskay, the self-proclaimed Drama Queen.

13 Feb

The (un)Democratic Party

Why does the Democratic Party continue using the undemocratic superdelegate system?

11 Feb

International Chicago Design Overthrow: Sonnenzimmer

An interview with Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi of Chicago print studio Sonnenzimmer.

06 Feb

Origins of Our Communication: Mister Quickly, Amazon Epicurean

For the second edition of the Origins of Our Communication series, Gabe Levinson interviews Amazon Epicurean Mister Quickly about the Internet and James Coburn.

05 Feb

Democrats for Mitt

Why Democrats voted for GOP buffoon Mitt Romney.

01 Feb

Lego is our Rosebud: Recursive Nostalgia and the Web

Has there ever been a time during which adults gazed at their own navels and tried to recapture their youth as the Internet era?