Category Archives: History

GREAT PROGRESSIVE VOICES (Part IX)!

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

April 18, 2013  By Jack Jodell. It has been some time since I have added a post to this series, which has highlighted a wide array of people from a great many walks of life. Each has, through progressive ideals and … Continue reading →

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AN ANALYSIS OF TV NEWS – FROM 1958 (PART III)!

Posted on August 14, 2012 by

Aug. 14, 2012  By Jack Jodell Here is the third and final part of a truly visionary speech delivered to the Radio and Television News Directors Association by the late, great, iconic Edward R. Murrow.on October 15, 1058. I have … Continue reading →

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AN ANALYSIS OF TV NEWS – FROM 1958 (PART II)!

Posted on August 11, 2012 by

Aug. 11, 2012  By Jack Jodell Here is part II of my three part post featuring a visionary speech made to the Radio and Television News Directors Association by the late, great, iconic Edward R. Murrow on October 15, 1958. … Continue reading →

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HEROES OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM (Part Two)

Posted on August 3, 2012 by

Aug. 3, 2012   By Jack Jodell We have seen a great many things decline in this country over the past few decades, from civility in politics to working persons’ real disposable income. Regrettably, this decline has even affected American journalism, where … Continue reading →

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CHAMBER OF HORRORS!

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

July 9, 2012  By Jack Jodell From its very inception in 1912, as a counterbalance to the then-nascent labor movement in this country , the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has opposed the creation of labor unions and therefore the betterment of … Continue reading →

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HEROES OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM (Part One)!”

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

June 19, 2012  By Jack Jodell With the rise of that horrible phenomenon in recent years known as the corporate media, we in the United States have been getting an ever-increasing slant of pro-corporate, incomplete news.  In an era of … Continue reading →

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THE END OF OUR FIRST REPUBLIC (1776-2012)!

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

By Jack Jodell, Apr. 2, 2012 Many here in America have a tendency to ridicule the French, whom we seem to  view as weak, indecisive, conceited, and unreliable. While it is true that we had to assist them in both World … Continue reading →

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Barack Obama Is NOT A FASCIST!

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

By Jack Jodell, Mar. 15, 2012 We have oftem heard claims from irrespnsible alarmists and fearmongers on the far right that President Obama has been, of all things,  a fascist. Those of us who are not misguided reactionaries and who … Continue reading →

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WHEN PRESIDENTS WERE ACTUALLY QUALIFIED!

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

By Jack Jodell, Dec. 7, 2011 As I look over the current seeming parade of 2012 presidential wannabes we have seen from the Republican side thus far, I am struck by how downright provincial and totally unqualified most of them have shown themselves to … Continue reading →

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THE GLARING FAILURE OF REPUBLICAN “FREE MARKET” ECONOMICS!

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

By Jack Jodell, October 18, 2011 The  widespread and ongoing OCCUPY TOGETHER movements all over the world show a massive, almost universal, displeasure with capitalism as an economic model, particularly the  ”free market” variety so beloved and espoused by today’s … Continue reading →

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