The Infant Revolution in Bach’s Christmas Music

David Yearsley CounterPunch
"Consider this exchange, you who can think of it; The King becomes a subject, The Lord appears as a vassal and is for the human race – o sweet word in every ear – born for our comfort and salvation."

Looking Backward Autobiographically

Victor Grossman MR Online
I still retain sparks of hope that 2025 will not see more gains for the biblical Four Horsemen—War, Pestilence, Famine and Devastation—but rather more struggle, at least a little forward and upward motion. Inshallah!

Chanukah Is a Choice Between Life and Death: Choose Life

Alan Wagman Portside
We need not surrender Chanukah to Zionism’s dark vision. As rabbis refocused Chanukah more than a millennium ago, we can honor the instruction in Deuteronomy, “. . . I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life . . . "

Friday Nite Videos | December 27, 2024

Portside
The $1 Trillion Private Health Insurance Scam. The Real Reason Polio Is So Dangerous. Nickel Boys | Movie. Kurt Vonnegut's Letter to the Future. 25 Million Stitches: A Refugee Exhibit.

Nickel Boys | Movie

Based on the true story of two boys imprisoned in a juvenile detention facility that covered up a long history of abuse

An Open Letter to Elon Musk

Stephen Engelberg ProPublica
I have little doubt that ProPublica will write stories in the coming years that will enrage people you know. Some of our work may even focus on you or your companies. With immense power comes immense scrutiny. But here are some ideas you should like.