A New Look!
As you are most likely noticing, Dog Canyon is sporting a new look. As Dog Canyon has grown and changed over the past year, our audience has grown as has our pack of writers. To better reflect the diverse content you will find on Dog Canyon, we have changed its format. You can now find multiple articles featured on Dog Canyon on the home page. We hope it inspires you to do some hunting through the more than 600 pieces and learn something new about the world.
As with most things online, change is the only constant. You can expect the site to continue to morph and change as we get used to our new skin and as we reflect the feedback we get from our audience.
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- Cyndi Hughes
- Dr. Gregory Jackson
- Mary Lowry
- James C. Moore
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- Turk Pipkin
- Reba Saxon
- Glenn W. Smith
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- Joe Cutbirth
- George Lakoff
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- Catherine Avril Morris
- Steve Birmingham
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- Dawn Erin
- Dorothy Harrigan
corporatism Archive
Unaccountable, Irresponsible and Infinitely Powerful Authority
By Glenn W. Smith | Posted on January 22, 2010 | 16 CommentsI turned to the Democratic Party when I reached voting age because of my natural distrust of authority. I still have a problem with authority, and I’m proud of it. This may surprise libertarians and tea partiers, who’ve been misled to think that Republicans are...
U.S. Supreme Court Makes Corporations Supreme, People Mere Monkeys
By Glenn W. Smith | Posted on January 21, 2010 | 13 CommentsIf you had any doubt about the corruption that has infected the very bloodstream of American politics, look at today’s ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court said corporations can spend unlimited amounts to influence the outcome of elections. I’m gonna repeat my sad...
Moyers On Greed
By Glenn W. Smith | Posted on January 13, 2010 | 3 CommentsYou gotta watch Bill Moyers on greed. Here it is. Corporatism can be defined as the belief that corporate entities transcend ordinary humanity and must, therefore, be granted transcendent legal rights. In other words, we have created monsters with power over our lives that we...
Health Care Denial as Social Control
By Glenn W. Smith | Posted on January 11, 2010 | 9 CommentsImplicit in the contemporary American health care system is a threat: Conform and spend your life behaving yourself in limited jobs or we will deny you insurance and put your health and your family’s future at risk. Restrictions on health care availability are an effective...
Out With the Old Politics, In With the New
By Glenn W. Smith | Posted on January 7, 2010 | 7 CommentsAs the curtain finally goes up on the election season one full decade into the 21st Century, our politic conversation remains hopelessly mired in the previous century. The complex problems of the contemporary world are ignored as conservatives sneer about states rights, of all things....