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Commentary Jensen: Opportunities lost: When bullies derail dialogue, we all lose

Commentary, December, 09 2006 Robert Jensen
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In a world of spin, no one expects truth from corporate executives or the politicians who serve them, but many of us hold out hope that in the classroom and sanctuary we can engage one another honestly in the struggle to understand the world and o...

Commentary Jensen: The consequences of the death of empathy

Commentary, November, 16 2006 Robert Jensen
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One of the most devastating consequences of unearned privilege -- both for those of us on top and, for very different reasons, those who suffer beneath -- is the death of empathy.

Commentary Jensen: Finding my way back to church -- and getting kicked out:
The struggle over what it means to be Christian today

Commentary, October, 12 2006 Robert Jensen
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[A version of this was presented to the Methodist Federation for Social Action, Austin, TX.]

Commentary Jensen: University Repression

Commentary, October, 08 2006 Robert Jensen
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When I published an article this summer that condemned the past six decades of U.S. policy toward Iran, and the Middle East more generally, as a strategy of "domination-through-violence," http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rjensen/freelance/attackingiran.h...

Commentary Jensen: Propriety and paranoia in the empire

Commentary, September, 27 2006 Robert Jensen
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After appearing on FOX News this weekend to defend Venezuelan President Hugo ChavezÕs speech at the United Nations, I got the usual assortment of fair-and-balanced emails from viewers, many of whom were critical of my support of Òthis Satanic barb...

Commentary Jensen: Getting Cognitive: The Limits Of George Lakoff's Politics

Commentary, September, 02 2006 Robert Jensen
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[A review of Whose Freedom? The Battle over America's Most Important Idea by George Lakoff (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006).]

Commentary Jensen: Constraining history/controlling knowledge

Commentary, August, 14 2006 Robert Jensen
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One way to measure the fears of people in power is by the intensity of their quest for certainty and control over knowledge.

Commentary Jensen: Attacking Iran: Bad Policy Is A Bipartisan Affair

Commentary, June, 20 2006 Robert Jensen
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Will the United States attack Iran?

Commentary Jensen: The Four Fundamentalisms and the Threat to Sustainable Democracy

Commentary, June, 08 2006 Robert Jensen
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[A version of this talk was delivered to the Brisbane Social Forum, Australia, May 21, 2006.]

Commentary Jensen: Diagnosing the U.S. 'national character': Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Commentary, April, 24 2006 Robert Jensen
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Politicians and pundits in the United States love to talk about our "national character," typically in rapturous tones of triumphalism.

Commentary Jensen: America's most influential pimp helped mainstream pornography

Commentary, April, 13 2006 Robert Jensen
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Hugh Hefner is 80 today (April 9). America, say happy birthday to our most influential pimp.

Commentary Jensen: Why I am a Christian (sort of)

Commentary, April, 06 2006 Robert Jensen
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I don't believe in God.

Commentary Jensen: Crash

Commentary, March, 25 2006 Robert Jensen
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"Crash" is a white-supremacist movie.

Commentary Jensen: The Paradox Of Pornography

Commentary, February, 23 2006 Robert Jensen
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Pornography's business has always been the exposure of women's bodies for the pleasure of men, and that was readily evident at the annual Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas last month.

Commentary Jensen: Bush Isn't A Racist -- Just One More Privileged, Soulless Person

Commentary, October, 21 2005 Robert Jensen
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George W. Bush has been unfairly tagged with the label "racist" in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Commentary Jensen: A Mercenary Society

Commentary, August, 27 2005 Robert Jensen
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The failed war in Iraq -- and its effect on the U.S. military -- has the potential to spark the U.S. public to fundamentally rethink the role of force in U.S. foreign policy, and one of the central questions for the future of the United States is ...

Commentary Jensen: ItÕs The Empire, Stupid

Commentary, July, 29 2005 Robert Jensen
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a review of

Commentary Jensen: It’s The Empire, Stupid

Commentary, July, 29 2005 Robert Jensen
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a review of

Commentary Jensen: Talk TV: No evidence required

Commentary, June, 08 2005 Robert Jensen
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Joe Scarborough welcomes viewers to his MSNBC talk show with the promise of "no passport required and only common sense allowed."

Commentary Jensen: Demonizing News Media Is Attempt To Divert Attention From Policy Failures

Commentary, May, 22 2005 Robert Jensen
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If there is a political playbook for right-wing conservatives these days, it no doubt begins, "Step #1: Whenever possible, blame the news media.Ó"

Commentary Jensen: Just A John - Part Two

Commentary, April, 11 2005 Robert Jensen
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Men's choices and responsibility

Commentary Jensen: Just A John? Pornography And Men's Choices - Part One

Commentary, March, 30 2005 Robert Jensen
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[Talk delivered to the Second Annual Conference on the College Male, Saint John's University, Collegeville, MN, February 26, 2005. This version reflects changes based on comments of conference participants.]

Commentary Jensen: Sinners or saints: The contradictions of conservative Christian politics

Commentary, January, 30 2005 Robert Jensen
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Are U.S. citizens just ordinary folks, or do we have some special status? Is the United States one country among many, or a nation unique in history?

Commentary Jensen: A new "Citizens Oath of Office" for Inauguration 2005

Commentary, January, 20 2005 Robert Jensen
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Four years ago at the counter-inaugural event on the steps of the state Capitol in Austin, TX, I administered a Citizen's Oath of Office to a crowd that was eager to fight the incoming Bush administration's reactionary agenda:

Commentary Jensen: Losing A War, Dismantling An Empire

Commentary, December, 22 2004 Robert Jensen
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The United States has lost the war in Iraq, and that's a good thing.

Commentary Jensen: Election Day Fears

Commentary, November, 02 2004 Robert Jensen
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We have two great fears about Election Day 2004.

Commentary Jensen: Both Sides In Debate About KerryÕs Vietnam Service Ignore The Truth Of The War

Commentary, September, 19 2004 Robert Jensen
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ItÕs ironic that John KerryÕs character is under assault for the most courageous political act of his life -- his opposition to the Vietnam War.

Commentary Jensen: Both Sides In Debate About Kerry’s Vietnam Service Ignore The Truth Of The War

Commentary, September, 19 2004 Robert Jensen
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It’s ironic that John Kerry’s character is under assault for the most courageous political act of his life -- his opposition to the Vietnam War.

Commentary Jensen: U.s. Supports Anti-democratic Forces In Venezuela Recall

Commentary, August, 11 2004 Robert Jensen
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Imagine the scandal if a foreign government had for years funneled millions of dollars to political groups in the United States in an attempt to affect the outcome of a U.S. election. Even worse, what if some of the groups that received money had ...

Commentary Jensen: It's Not Just The Emperor Who Is Naked, But The Whole Empire

Commentary, May, 30 2004 Robert Jensen
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Republican politicians took potshots at House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi last week after she called President Bush "incompetent" and criticized his judgment and leadership. Her conclusion -- "the emperor has no clothes" -- understandably made ...

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