6 Quotes & Sayings By Alexander Cockburn

Alexander Cockburn was born in East Lothian, Scotland, in 1965. He is the author of numerous books including The Golden Age of Paranoia: A History of Conspiracy Theory in Modern Times (Verso, 2001), which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for political writing; The Trouble with America (Verso, 2005); and tax returns (City Lights Books, 2010). He has published in a range of publications including Counterpunch, Harper's Magazine, International Socialist Review, New Statesman, and The Nation.

Regulation of sexual behavioris the preferred route to wider socialcontrol.
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Regulation of sexual behavioris the preferred route to wider socialcontrol. Alexander Cockburn
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Republicans know well that a change of rhetorical pace is necessary. But efforts by their leaders to damp down the bellicosity of newly elected Tea Party types is running into the fact that the Tea Partiers have only the high volume setting on their amplifiers, just like Palin. They're like a couple having a fight at a funeral; politely sotto voce, then suddenly bursting out fortissimo with their plaints and accusations. Alexander Cockburn
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Despair is the central part of the psychopathology. For the handmaiden of gossip is treachery: Alexander Cockburn
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No foundation that I am aware of has hired ex-journalists to promote a thoroughgoing inquiry. Alexander Cockburn
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Wear the badge of environmental radicalism, and you're a citizen automatically under suspicion. Alexander Cockburn