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Newspaper Column
- Yes, We Can Walk and Chew Gum for 05/18/2012 May 18, 2012One of the most overused metaphors in a writer's arsenal is the one about "walking and chewing gum at the same time." As a hiker and Big League Chew enthusiast, I particularly hate this cliché. Nonetheless, I feel it is fitting right now because it so perfectly summarizes the argument being made by Republicans. They now insist that America can ...
Read Sirota's article here - Our Guns and Butter Economy for 05/11/2012 May 11, 2012With the economy still struggling and the debates over how to fix the problem more intense than ever, one word still evokes bipartisan consensus: exports. "I want us to sell stuff," said President Obama, summing up the bipartisan sentiment. That nebulous word "stuff" is significant. It asks us to see all exports as the same and to refrain ...
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- Yes, We Can Walk and Chew Gum for 05/18/2012 May 18, 2012
Huffington Posts
- Budget Showdown Aims To Quietly Exempt Pentagon and Focus All Cuts on Social Programs April 7, 2011The unwritten and unspoken story of the budget showdown in Washington is the tale of both parties deliberately working to once again exempt the ever-growing Pentagon from America's larger deficit discussion. ...
Read Sirota's article here - How Your Taxpayer Dollars Subsidize Pro-War Movies and Block Anti-War Movies March 16, 2011Connections between the Pentagon and the entertainment industry, first intensified in the 1980s, continue to embed militarism in seemingly non-political products like video games and action movies. ...
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- Budget Showdown Aims To Quietly Exempt Pentagon and Focus All Cuts on Social Programs April 7, 2011
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show: McCain’s Fake Populism
Sirota appeared on the “Talk Me Down” segment of MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show to look at whether John McCain’s populist campaign themes should be taken at face value. Watch the discussion here:
CNN: Breaking Down the Wall Street Bailout
Sirota appeared on CNN to analyze what the Wall Street bailout means for ordinary American taxpayers. Watch the discussion here:
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show: Fact-Checking the Presidential Debate
Sirota appeared on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show to fact-check John McCain and Barack Obama after their presidential debate. Watch the discussion here:
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show: Do McCain’s Ads Go Too Far?
Sirota appeared on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show to discuss a new McCain campaign ad claiming Barack Obama wants to teach sex ed to kindergarteners. Watch the discussion here:
CNN: What Does the Biden Nomination Mean?
On the floor of the Democratic National Convention, Sirota talked to CNN about the vice-presidential nomination of Sen. Joe Biden. Watch it here:
Sirota On CNN’s Lou Dobbs Tonight
Sirota appeared on CNN’s Lou Dobbs Tonight to discuss his book, “The Uprising.” Watch the discussion here.
Sirota Talks to PBS Now About “The Uprising”
Sirota was the featured interview on PBS Now. In this segment, he talked to anchor David Brancaccio about his new book, “The Uprising.” Watch it here.
Sirota On CNN to Discuss “The Uprising”
Sirota talked to CNN anchor Rick Sanchez about his new book, “The Uprising.” Watch the interview:
Sirota’s Radio Show
Sirota hosts the 7am-10am show on Colorado's KKZN-AM760. This site includes a selection of his best interviews. Find the live stream and the show's full podcast archive here.Sirota Television
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- Yes, We Can Walk and Chew Gum for 05/18/2012One of the most overused metaphors in a writer's arsenal is the one about "walking and chewing gum at the same time." As a hiker and Big League Chew enthusiast, I particularly hate this cliché. Nonetheless, I feel it is fitting right now because it so perfectly summarizes the argument being made by Republicans. They now insist that America can ...
Read Sirota's article here
- Yes, We Can Walk and Chew Gum for 05/18/2012
SALON.COM ARTICLES
- Mitt’s favorite new dodge May 18, 2012Romney and the GOP insist the economy is more important than social issues. Why can't we address both? ...
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- Mitt’s favorite new dodge May 18, 2012
Other Articles
Hollywood Glorifies Military at Taxpayers’ Expense
San Francisco Chronicle
Since the taxpayer-supported “Wings” won the first Academy Award in 1927, the U.S. government has worked closely with Hollywood to promote, glorify and celebrate the armed forces. In the 1980s, this partnership became a highly political Military-Entertainment Complex, which today grants and denies filmmakers access to military hardware on the basis of filmmakers’ ideology and message.
The result is that many pro-war films are supported by huge public subsidies that underwrite studios’ use of military planes, boats and hardware – as long as those studios promise to produce a film that Pentagon spinmeisters approve of. Antimilitarist filmmakers, by contrast, are often barred by the government from even photographing the same hardware.
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