Like Odysseus, upon whom he models his life, the author takes you to places you may wish to avoid but are essential for true sanity, writes Edward Curtin.
Tag: Edward Curtin
A Modest Proposal for a US Labor Day Every Month
Happy Do Nothing Day.
The Pseudo Debate Over Jeffrey Epstein’s Suicide
Death, sex, power, intrigue, murder, suicide — these are the staples of the 19th century penny press, mass media and the CIA, writes Edward Curtin.
When Warriors Become Saints
Edward Curtin contemplates the longstanding and savage complicity between church and state.
Bob Dylan & the Culture Industry’s Destruction of Dissent
Edward Curtin reviews the movie, “The Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story.”
Speeding into the Void of Cyberspace as Designed
Edward Curtin writes about the fabricated world of engineered emergencies and digital alerts.
A Poet and What She Saw in El Salvador
Edward Curtin reviews Carolyn Forché’s “What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance.”
The Notable Silence of Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill
In a strangely old-school, Catholic, sense, they chose not to look back or question the assassinations of the 1960s, writes Edward Curtin.