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The lead article, an exercise in the sociology of
everyday life, suggests why we all are what we appear
to be. The second article explains why the United
Nations missed perhaps its last opportunity to show
that it was relevant to the system of nations. The
third article presents Phillip Roth’s The
Plot Against America as a love letter to America.
The last article explains why there were no great
civilizations on this continent before Columbus.
The purpose of this e-journal is to use in tandem the techniques of literary criticism and social structural analysis to illuminate American politics and the various institutions in American society and sometimes matters more global, like religion or war, by turning an eye on the events and objects and performances that are considered art and entertainment, those defined broadly enough to include whatever is covered in newspapers and other media. Another concern is to pick up the texture of social life, both in the United States and in general, through the analysis of those events, objects and performances that are to be found in everyday life. |
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The Political Ticker
Benghazi and Two Other "Scandals"
- May 14, 2013
Lackluster Politics
- May 7, 2013
The New York Mayoral Race
- April 22, 2013
The Boston Chase
- April 21, 2013
The Boston Massacre and Gun Control
- April 18, 2013
Stipulating The Necessity of Medical Procedures
- April 13, 2013
Previous Political Tickers
The Political Dynamics of This Moment
-April 2, 2013
Tough Times for Gun Control
-March 29, 2013
Obama the Sly
-March 24, 2013
Birenbaum on Steven Brill
-March 15, 2013
Francis I and the GOP
-March 14, 2013
A Rand Paul Moment
-March 10, 2013
Sequestration
-March 3, 2013
Today's "New York Times"
-February 20, 2013
The State of the Union 2013
-February 13, 2013
A Second Brumberg Principle
-February 12, 2013
John Brennan's Drones
-February 6, 2013
Obama on the Attack
-January 27, 2013
Obama's Full Plate
-January 9, 2013
The Fiscal Cliff Averted
-January 1, 2013
Obama and Boehner Don't Like One Another
-December 27, 2012
Birenbaum and Zucker on Gun Violence
-December 19, 2012
The Rolling Consensus on Gun Control after Newtown
-December 18, 2012
Conservatism with a Human Face
-December 12, 2012
The Glibness of "Morning Joe"
-December 11, 2012
Two Negotiations: Israel and "The Fiscal Cliff"
-December 2, 2012
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The Cultural Ticker
Old Neighborhoods
- May 21, 2013
Jackie Robinson
- May 20, 2013
Barbara Spun's Catskill Vacations
- May 16, 2013
An Old Friend in Her Eighties
- May 11, 2013
The Irving Berlin Video
- May 9, 2013
Catskills Vacations
- May 1, 2013
Previous Cultural Tickers
The Children of Abraham
-April 29, 2013
Informed Consent Agreements
-April 11, 2013
An Abortion Survivor Speaks
-April 8, 2013
Educational Inanities
-April 6, 2013
Same Sex Marriage
-March 28, 2013
Scientology
-March 8, 2013
World War II and New York City
-February 28, 2013
Poetry Makes Shakespeare Playable
-February 20, 2013
"Zero Dark Thirty": The History Movie
-February 8, 2013
Barzun
-January 30, 2013
Birenbaum: Bumper Stickers at Home in Larchmont
-January 22, 2013
The Two Hour Medical Exam for a Cold
-January 15, 2013
"Hyde Park on Hudson" and "Lincoln"
-January 7, 2013
The Secret of MacEwan's "Sweet Tooth"
-January 3, 2013
Bernini, Matisse and Bellows
-December 16, 2012
Carl Schmitt
-November 13, 2012
The Storm as a Reality Show
-November 2, 2012
A Men's Book Club
-October 22, 2012
The Novels of the 1880's
-September 26, 2012
Contracts and Social Life
-August 20, 2012
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| A new issue of “w. end ave.: an e-journal of culture and politics” is
published once every three weeks or so. It is edited, owned, and where not indicated as otherwise,
written by Martin Wenglinsky. The rights to all materials published
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