9 September 2006 — Joe Bageant Nobody talks about it out loud, but a few million Americans are seriously doubting their sanity these days. Or having their sanity doubted. Or both. They seldom speak their minds because what is going on in there is a vision of society that conjures grave doubt, if not outright Continue reading

14 June 2006 — Joe Bageant Democracy rots from the inside out as a nation of telemarketers and war criminals parties on amid the stench A spring Sunday morning and I am at the politically incorrect Seven-Eleven buying my cholesterol loaded half and half for my peasant slave labor grown coffee. In the parking lot Continue reading

10 April 2006 — Joe Bageant -Amid the comforts of empire, the citizens blithely bumble (Author’s warning! Rambling, pointless screed. But it contains some nice cuss words.) YOU SPEAK OF LIBERTY? OF AN ENLIGHTENED POLITY? YOU BEER-SOAKED KNUCKLE DRAGGERS AND PRECIOUS WET-LIPPED LIBERALS WOULDN’T KNOW LIBERTY FROM A CONGOLESE ASS-EATING TAPEWORM! YOU HAVEN’T GOT THE Continue reading

22 February 2005 If you are reading this, it is very likely you are a liberal, maybe even an outright screaming burn-down-the-goddam-country commie — in which case I say, “Come sit by me comrade! (Especially if you are a fiftyish blonde.) Like most lefties you probably live in an urban area, or someplace with reasonable Continue reading

5 January 2005 — Counterpunch SPECIAL NOTE TO THE READER: The Multi-Issue Alternative Magazine, EnergyGrid, conducted an excellent interview with Joe Bageant recently; I recommend that you check it out after plowing through what’s below. Who is JB? Well, if you ask me…I think you’re better off not knowing at this juncture…if you don’t know Continue reading