Tag Archives: Robert Fisk

If history is a mirror, maybe we’re in the blind spot.

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Hoag

For the most violent culture on earth, there sure are a lot of nice people here.   “…Studying the relationship between the “West” and its dominated cultural “others” is not just a way of understanding an unequal relationship between unequal … Continue reading →

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Neo-colonialism and Beer

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Hoag

  Ahh, resort culture. In Aruba, just like anywhere else with beautiful beaches and a depressed local/thriving tourism economy,  the locals are treated like second-class citizens by the tourists, and the tourists are treated like walking credit cards by the … Continue reading →

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Robert Fisk Won’t Shut Up

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Hoag

       The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East by Robert Fisk, Random House Inc., 2005, 1136 pages   Who is this guy Fisk? I remember hearing his name years ago; not because I came across … Continue reading →

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