by admin | Feb 1, 2011 | Hip-hop, Politics, Public Policy |
Photo by Ralf HeidWe routinely talk about the hip-hop generation and how this generation (and its successors) differ from those born before them. Some posit that hip-hop has the potential to generate a new movement (wonder how that plays in Egypt about now?). I did...
by admin | Jan 31, 2011 | Hip-hop, Neoliberalism
Photo by David MarklandAbout a month or so ago 50 Cent sent out a few tweets about a penny stock he owned shares of (30 million). After his tweets, its value rose 390% netting him a cool $8.7 million. Though the Huffington Post notes he may be in some legal trouble as...
by admin | Jan 28, 2011 | Announcements, Hip-hop |
This week I received the University of Minnesota Spring Catalog and saw my book featured within. So on a lark, yesterday I went to Amazon.com. And it’s there for pre-order. I’ve been copy-editing since Monday and am due to turn the final copy in Tuesday. I...
by admin | Jan 26, 2011 | Neoliberalism, Obama, Politics |
Photo by stevegarfieldA number of people have chimed in by now about Obama’s State of the Union address. Yesterday I noted that Obama was colonized by corporate language…rather than him using the language of investments for his own ends, I thought...
by admin | Jan 25, 2011 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Neoliberalism, Obama
Photo by Steve RhodesIn advance of tonight’s State of the Union address, Michael Shear notes that Obama is strategically using the language of business in order to show he is business friendly but in such a way as to maintain constituency support. Shear:...
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