Essays Reflecting the Art of Political and Social Analysis

Essays Reflecting the Art of Political and Social Analysis

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1: PROLOGUE: ON THE ART OF ANALYSIS

CHAPTER 2: SOME CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS

CONTEXTUALIZING CHAPTER ONE

ANALYSIS ONE: THE ROLE OF THE INTELLECTUAL

ANALYSIS TWO: NATIONALISM VS. CAPITALISM

ANALYSIS THREE: THE MIND OF THE POOR

ANALYSIS FOUR: FROM CHARITY TO MAYHEM

ANALYSIS FIVE: CONTEXTUALIZING SEXUAL HARRASSMENT

ANALYSIS SIX: FREE CHOICE VS. MEDIA DETERMINISM

CHAPTER 3: THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

CONTEXTUALIZING CHAPTER TWO

ANALYSIS ONE: INTERNATIONAL LAW AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

ANALYSIS TWO: WHY WE NEED THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

ANALYSIS THREE: INTERNATIONAL LAW VS. U.S. DOMESTIC PRACTICE

ANALYSIS FOUR: TRUMP, JERUSALEM AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

CHAPTER 4: THE UNITED STATES

SECTION ONE - STRUCTURAL SHORTCOMINGS

CONTEXTUALIZING SECTION ONE

ANALYSIS ONE: THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEM WITH LOBBIES

ANALYSIS TWO: LOBBY, LOBBIFICATION, LOBBIFIED

ANALYSIS THREE: DEMOCRACY TAKES A HIT

SECTION TWO - OTHER DOMESTIC POLITICAL PROBLEMS

CONTEXTUALIZING SECTION TWO

ANALYSIS ONE: A SOBER LOOK AT U.S. DEMOCRACY

ANALYSIS TWO: TOLERANCE AS A PREREQUISITE FOR CIVILIZATION

ANALYSIS THREE: THERE IS NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT IGNORANCE

ANALYSIS FOUR: FREEDOM AND HIGH ANXIETY

ANALYSIS FIVE: IMMIGRANT IRONY

ANALYSIS SIX: FREE SPEECH OR BRIBERY?

ANALYSIS SEVEN: JUSTICE CORRUPTED

ANALYSIS EIGHT: A FUTURE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY?

SECTION THREE - U.S. FOREIGN POLICY

CONTEXTUALIZING SECTION THREE

ANALYSIS ONE: AMERICAN GONE STUPID OVER IRAN

ANALYSIS TWO: THE STATE DEPARTMENT GOES BAD

ANALYSIS THREE: CUSTOMIZING TRUTH

ANALYSIS FOUR: ENDLESS WAR

SECTION FOUR -THE ATTACKS ON 11 SEPTEMBER 2001

CONTEXTUALIZING SECTION FOUR

ANALYSIS ONE: IGNORANCE AND 9/11

ANALYSIS TWO: THE SAUDI ROLE ON SEPTEMBER 11

ANALYSIS THREE: WILL THERE BE MORE 9/11s?

CHAPTER 5: ON TRUMP, GUNS AND TORTURE

SECTION ONE - THE TRUMP PHENOMENON

CONTEXTUALIZING SECTION ONE

ANALYSIS ONE: HOW ORIGINAL IS DONALD TRUMP?

ANALYSIS TWO: DONALD TRUMP'S AMERICA

ANALYSIS THREE: CRUELTY AS A CAMPAIGN COME-ON

ANALYSIS FOUR: THE WHITE HOUSE- MERCENARY CONNECTION

ANALYSIS FIVE: DONALD TRUMP'S BEHAVIORAL LEGACY

SECTION TWO - THE GUN CULTURE

CONTEXTUALIZING SECTION TWO

ANALYSIS ONE: AN AMERICAN MOTTO: FREE, ARMED AND STUPID

ANALYSIS TWO: THE OPPORTUNIST AND THE FANATICS

ANALYSIS THREE: WAR CULTURE AND GUN CULTURE: THEY'