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Daren Jonescu

Daren Jonescu has a Ph.D. in Philosophy from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He currently teaches English language and philosophy at Changwon National University in South Korea.

Most Recent Articles by Daren Jonescu:

The Spirit of ’76 vs. The Spirit of ’67

Can anything be more frustrating for Tea Partiers than the attempts by conservative and centrist Republicans (e.g. Gingrich, Paul, Romney, Huntsman, Cantor) to play divide and conquer with the Occupy Wall Street people by separating them into ‘the decent, concerned Americans who have a lot in common with the Tea Party’ and ‘a small group of ne’er-do-wells’ who are spoiling the movement for the others?
- Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Republicans Look Into the Mouth of the Gift Horse

In November of 2010, the depth and breadth of the Tea Party's seriousness and power of influence was fully understood by the Republican Party Establishment (RPE) for the first time. The Democrats' attempts to dismiss and belittle this grassroots movement could easily be taken as evidence of their fear of a middle-American backlash against Obama's neo-socialism, and would account for their desire to nip the new threat in the bud with ridicule. The RPE, however, which, if victory were the name of the game, ought to have embraced the Tea Party as their unforeseen salvation, was uncomfortable with it from the get-go.
- Monday, November 14, 2011

Candidate Bachmann Steals Human Ears!

From a November 10th Reuters article, we have the following:
“Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann was about 10 minutes into a foreign policy speech in South Carolina on Thursday when she was drowned out by the shouting of protesters.
- Saturday, November 12, 2011

99 Percent Confusion

A new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis of numbers provided by the Internal Revenue Service and the Census Bureau is being trumpeted through the mainstream media. According to the news reports, the analysis shows a widening gap between the rich and the poor in the period from 1979 to 2007.
- Tuesday, November 8, 2011

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