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New York Times shocker: The truth about Egypt slips out

New York Times shocker: The truth about Egypt slips out

July 11, 2013 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

In a rare moment of candor, the paper exposes U.S. involvement in the coup — and then seems to promptly forget it Have you noticed the silence, the casual indifference, of the Obama administration since the Egyptian army shoved President…

Why ‘Defunding’ Public Broadcasting Is a Crisis

Why ‘Defunding’ Public Broadcasting Is a Crisis

March 23, 2011 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

It’s well enough that we can reasonably rely on the Senate to reject the egregious bill the House approved last week – the one “defunding” public broadcasting. But there the matter cannot sit. The larger question is what value Americans attach…

What Memoir Forgets

What Memoir Forgets

July 27, 1998 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Nation.

The article focuses on the genre of memoirs in literature. Memoirs is reality based literature. It represents the democratization of the written word. The only encouraging thing about the phenomenon is the number of people who suspect it. This indicates…

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