The Baloney Detective: The cult of market fundamentalism
By Tim Bearly
Reader Contributor
“Welcome brothers and sisters, to the Temple of the Invisible Hand of Adam Smith; a sacred place of worship, where our glorious free-market system can …
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The Baloney Detective: Fauxlitariat — the fake working man’s blues
By Tim Bearly
Reader Columnist
“I represent the blue-collar, everyday hard-working Americans,” said every politician ever.
Well, I’m sorry, Mr. Politician, but your actions speak so many decibels louder than …
The Baloney Detective: Propaganda techniques
By Tim Bearly
Reader Contributor
Propaganda, with its myriad colors and shapes, is a ubiquitous and unrelenting force. Whether you’re watching TV, listening to the radio, reading a magazine or …
The Baloney Detective: The self-made prince
By Tim Bearly
Reader Contributor
“Give a man a reputation as an early riser, and he can sleep ’til noon.” — Mark Twain
Alone and against the odds, like Moses …
The Baloney Detective: Rudolph the Pinocchio-nosed Reindeer
By Tim Bearly
Reader Contributor
Children all around the globe are familiar with the tale of Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer. Every Christmas, songs are sung and stories are told about …
The Baloney Detective
By Tim Bearly
Reader Contributor
Images of an Orwellian dystopia are often evoked when we hear the term “big government.” The mere uttering of the phrase can function as a …
Methinks thou dost protest too much
By Tim Bearly
Reader Contributor
“He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche, “Beyond Good and Evil,” 1886
The movement, like …
You, robot
By Tim Bearly
Reader Contributor
Alas, this is the mind-numbing monotony of everyday life: the alarm beside your bed rings, you hit the snooze button, wake up again, go to …
Camp Kaniksu: Kaniksu Land Trust provides kids the chance to learn and play in the wild through annual summer camps
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
When it comes to combining education and adventure, Dave Kretzschmar brings his A-game to Camp Kaniksu.
During the 2018 camp, Kretzschmar — who serves as …
Intellectual [intellect-shill]
By Tim Bearly
Reader Contributor
“It is the responsibility of intellectuals,” Noam Chomsky wrote in a 1967 essay, “to speak the truth and expose the lies.” Regrettably, for some intellectuals, …
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