panopticonman

Anitdote to the bad-boy neo-conservative polemics that have infected the body politic. I chose the name panoticonman for my nom de guerre on Amazon when I began seeking out books to help me understand the right-wing takeover. I was probably reading too much Foucault at the time.

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Electrifying Secrets of So-Called "Free Market"

In THE SHOCK DOCTRINE , Naomi Klein brilliantly proposes a compelling counter-story to the prevailing fable of free market infallibility. Bu...

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Bush and Vietnam: Rewriting History

Last week, Bush finally spelled out the neo-con re-write of the Vietnam war to explain why our troops must stay there forever. Almost two ye...

Saturday, July 07, 2007

Brothers Myshkin & Raskolnikov

My review of THE IDIOT . Read it for my bookclub . Written immediately after CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, Dostoevsky gives us THE IDIOT, whose hero...

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Attack of Ayn Rand & The Objectivists

Here's my review of The Fountainhead , for which I've received a sound drubbing on Amazon. At the bottom I've posted comment th...

Sunday, November 26, 2006

Meet the New Boss, Worse Than the Old Boss

Here's a review I just posted on Amazon. The paragraphs in bold type at the bottom were not included in the Amazon review because of th...

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Frank Rich vs. The White House Propaganda Factory

Here's my review of Frank Rich's THE GREATEST STORY EVER SOLD" that I posted on Amazon today. There's a new twist on Amazo...

Sunday, September 10, 2006

The Sorrows of Neo-Colonialism

Here's my Amazon review of "The Places In Between" by Rory Stewart, a remarkable book by a remarkable man. Walking To Enlighte...

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