Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
A Tale of Two Sandys: Guns and Climate
By Paul Street. First published on ZNet on February 6, 2013.In the final quarter of election year 2012, the northeastern United States was hit by two terrible tragedies linked to the word “Sandy.” One week [...]
Dead Last: Depressing Health Facts From Exceptional (United States of) America
First published on ZNet on January 12, 2013. Ten years and three months ago, in a Senate speech in support of authorizing George W. Bush to invade Iraq if he wanted to, the right-wing U.S. [...]
The Plutocrats Keep Their Shirts
By Paul Street, Z Magazine (print), January 2013. It is tempting, perhaps, to see the 2012 presidential election as a triumph for ordinary people over concentrated wealth. There’s some basis for that conclusion. After all, [...]
The Vile Maxim, the Deficit Fetish, and the Unelected Dictatorship
First published at ZNet on December 13, 2012. It’s useful to step back from the dominant terms in political play to examine what’s really going on behind misleading language. An excellent if hardly novel case [...]