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Adrienne Rich, 1929–2012

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For the critic John Leonard, “books are where we go alone to complicate ourselves.”

Instead of a new era of democracy, disarmament and interdependence, we have had unchecked militarism and economic crisis.

What happened that has led to the conservatives' dominance in the political debate in the country at a time crisis? What happened to the political left?

All of the plans on the table for solving the debt crisis, including the finalized plan, are far removed from the needs and wants of ordinary Americans. 

The impact of climate change on developing countries has so far been devestating, and stands to get only worse.

As contradictory as the gospel truths of California's digerati are the dogmas of West Coast evangelicalism, a melding of Jefferson and Jesus.