Back in July, I wrote about the descent into fascism in Greece (and Hungary). It seems like some recent events have finally awoken the Greek political class to the risk they face from fascism, and increasingly from the possibility of a fascist coup by the security services.
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Today’s installment in our series on abandoned places takes us to forsaken islands. Let the Lord of the Flies commentary begin. Continue reading
It’s no secret that the next round of the Greek parliamentary elections are getting ugly. The country is debating leaving the Eurozone and has narrowly avoided default in the last few months by some pretty close margins. The last round of elections saw both far-Right and far-Left parties gaining footholds in Parliament, which is never the basis for compromise and reform (see Tea Party, The). Continue reading
So. It has come to this.
Plan after plan after plan has gone by the wayside, as has a Prime Minister, and there has been no resolution to Greece’s massive sovereign debt problem. Now Greece is quite simply out of time. After months of hysteria, we have quietly reached the edge. It’s not the end of the Eurozone, but you can see it from here. Continue reading
When Rick Santorum said last week that “any kind of sexual activity has absolutely no place in the military” he gravely offended not only gay service members, but also straight ones who happen to be in relationships, and people who have watched Full Metal Jacket. But did you know that he was also contradicting one of the great founders of Western civilization?
One may be tempted to read Santorum’s statement as merely a deceptive facade of evenhandedness, where the gay-hating audience will get the intended target while everyone else ignores the implications for hetero service members because, really, who would be ridiculous enough to actually believe that? Presumably, the guy who uttered this gem on CNN: Continue reading