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An Arbitrary Nation: Part 3
The Fifth Amendment no longer exists as a functioning law of the land
Michael Ventura, May. 16, 2013
An Arbitrary Nation: Part 2
Laws arbitrarily enforced (or not enforced) according to the whims of the authorities are no longer laws
Michael Ventura, May. 2, 2013
An Arbitrary Nation: Part 1
We are governed today by an arbitrary legal hodgepodge
Michael Ventura, Apr. 18, 2013
Me, Myself, I, and Muriel
A poem can awaken many selves
Michael Ventura, Apr. 4, 2013
Miss Sunshine Takes Another Bow
Those who are both greatly gifted and severely damaged must remain true to their gifts
Michael Ventura, Mar. 21, 2013
Doppelgängers
Across generations and geography, doppelgängers emerge
Michael Ventura, Mar. 7, 2013
The Future Loose Amongst Us
Digitalized fabrication changes everything we know about work and government
Michael Ventura, Feb. 21, 2013
The Revolution Will Be Printed
Digital fabrication will change the course of the future
Michael Ventura, Feb. 7, 2013
What Are Human Beings For?
No I, only robot
Michael Ventura, Jan. 24, 2013
Notes on a Long, Long Journey
Artists are but translators of that which flows through them
Michael Ventura, Jan. 10, 2013
Winter Reveries
No matter the season, no matter the climate, when I write I write in winter
Michael Ventura, Dec. 28, 2012
Did Abraham Lincoln Deserve a Second Term?
In 1864, Lincoln would have seemed more in favor of war than peace
Michael Ventura, Dec. 13, 2012
The Lincolns of Hollywood
It is dangerous to view history through the eyes of sentimentality
Michael Ventura, Nov. 29, 2012
Reveries
Beauty is something you don't have to deserve
Michael Ventura, Nov. 15, 2012
Things Like That
Under Obama, we have been subjected to a Patriot Act on steroids
Michael Ventura, Nov. 1, 2012
A Big Picture and a Long Game
A U.S. military powered by biofuels could be a game-changer that ends the oil wars
Michael Ventura, Oct. 18, 2012
Too Much of Nothing
The United States pacifies Afghanistan just enough so that China can profit
Michael Ventura, Oct. 4, 2012
A Century Since 'The Water Nymph'
On September 23, 1912, Keystone Films released its first comedy, which starred Mabel Normand
Michael Ventura, Sep. 20, 2012
Why Not Chicken Fat?
The most important political question of our time: Who benefits from military spending?
Michael Ventura, Sep. 6, 2012
The System Ain't the System
The goal of oligarchy is to utterly disempower the workforce
Michael Ventura, Aug. 30, 2012
A Jog in the Smog
What we know is increasingly disconnected from what we do
Michael Ventura, Aug. 9, 2012
Why a Duck?
The Marx Brothers were funny but they weren't kidding
Michael Ventura, Jul. 26, 2012
Accidents of Birth and Rebirth
The unacceptable trade-off for a medically extended life
Michael Ventura, Jul. 12, 2012
'I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing'
"Route 66" taught me that I did not want to be rooted again
Michael Ventura, Jun. 28, 2012
'Suppose I Said I Was the Queen of Spain?'
In the early part of the Sixties, television's "Route 66" offered a taste of the new American consciousness
Michael Ventura, Jun. 14, 2012
'Ever Ride the Waves in Oklahoma?'
"Route 66" spoke to the sense of change afoot in America
Michael Ventura, May. 31, 2012
A View From the St. James Hotel
The St. James: It's an infirmary, it's a morgue, and it's a hotel where we each share a room with the dead
Michael Ventura, May. 17, 2012
Katniss Everdeen's Grandmothers
Katniss Everdeen's Grandmothers
Michael Ventura, May. 3, 2012
Created He Them
From Miss Universe to the military, gender roles don't mean what they used to
Michael Ventura, Apr. 19, 2012
A Pattern of Subversion
President Obama regularly oversteps his bounds of office
Michael Ventura, Apr. 5, 2012
Mabel Normand After 100 Years
April 1, 1912, has not gone down in history but deserves to
Michael Ventura, Mar. 22, 2012
The Return of Our Angel
Marilyn Monroe has returned to us recently in various guises
Michael Ventura, Mar. 8, 2012
These American Dreams
Steve Erickson's novel 'These Dreams of You' is a profound and hilarious salute to family values and America
Michael Ventura, Feb. 23, 2012
It Came From the White House
Obama and a majority of Democratic legislators support the NDAA, allowing the arrest of U.S. citizens without a warrant
Michael Ventura, Feb. 9, 2012
NDAA: Obama's Betrayal
NDAA: Obama's Betrayal
Michael Ventura, Jan. 26, 2012
James Hillman (1926-2011)
Remembering James Hillman
Michael Ventura, Jan. 12, 2012
What's Your Sign?
Michael Ventura observes the Occupy signs of our times
Michael Ventura, Dec. 29, 2011
Occupy the Future
Corporations are not people
Michael Ventura, Dec. 15, 2011
Flash Mob Dance Revolution: Part 3
Investment, invention, and labor: the three pillars of commerce
Michael Ventura, Dec. 1, 2011
Flash Mob Dance Revolution: Part 2
You cannot arrest a population
Michael Ventura, Nov. 17, 2011
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