August 22, 2008
Much of George Orwell’s early years was spent investigating social conditions. Luckily for us, more often than not a book would follow – a gift to the world from a man with an incomparable knack for courageous and unbiased observation and truth of language. In this, and in his brutal honesty in matters [...]
Entries from August 2008
24 August 08
Orwell and an Anthropologist
13 August 08
Presidential campaign 08: Follow the money trail (Article from Moment Magazine, July/Aug. 2008)
July/August 2008
“When Money Grows on Jewish Trees”, by Benjamin Schuman-Stoler, Moment Magazine, July/August 2008.
No matter how much they emphasize their differences from one another on the campaign trail, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and Republican nominee John McCain share a common denominator: Jewish fundraisers. Penny Pritzker serves as Obama’s national finance chair, and Elliott Broidy [...]