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by Chris Hedges

Chris Hedges

Chris Hedges, whose column is published Mondays on Truthdig, spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He has reported from more than 50 countries and has worked for The Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, The...

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Ed Romano
'Welcome to the Asylum'

Amerigo, What did I say that was ballistic compared to the whckiness you just spouted???? But this...

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Amerigo, What did I say that was ballistic compared to the whckiness you just spouted???? But this...

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For those of you White Denial bullshitters:

There was a t.v. in the US that was popoular in the...

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Ed Romano:

It’s obvious from your ballistically angry re4ply that I hit your nail right on your...

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Truthdigbullshitwhitesupremacist,

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Chris Hedges on ‘The Death and Life of American Journalism’

Traditional media is dying, the virtual future is here and a new book takes a close look at what it all means—and it ain’t pretty.

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Are we entering an age in which the electronic image, endowed with the ability to manufacture its own reality, is hurling us into a state of collective self-delusion? Welcome to a brave new post-literate world where we confuse how we are made to feel with knowledge.

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Chris Hedges on Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia

In his book “Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia,” John Gray warns that as the era of liberal intervention in international affairs wanes, it is being replaced with “primitive versions of religion” that will be used to fuel apocalyptic violence.

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