David Masciotra

David Masciotra is the author of "Mellencamp: American Troubadour" (University Press of Kentucky) and the forthcoming "Barack Obama: Invisible Man" (Eyewear Publishing).

Donald Trump

Donald Trump has poisoned American culture — but the toxin was here all along David Masciotra

Jesse Jackson

"The Civil War never ended": Jesse Jackson on the racist agenda that must come down with the Confederate flag David Masciotra

College is a con: The savage truth about your bachelor's degree David Masciotra

Barack Obama and Shinzo Abe

"America floats between modernity & collapse": What Japan can teach the U.S. about averting disaster David Masciotra

The military is buying patriotism: A Memorial Day nightmare about Pentagon budgets -- and veterans used as a sideshow David Masciotra

John Mellencamp

Mellencamp "doesn't play to his base": Why this lefty populist is at home among conservatives David Masciotra

Selma

"America's Third World": The marchers have gone, but Selma is still mired in poverty David Masciotra

Libertarianism is for petulant children: Ayn Rand, Rand Paul and the movement's sad "rebellion" David Masciotra

Lou Reed, Kirk Hammett

“People enjoy talking sh*t”: Metallica's Kirk Hammett defends "Lulu," the band's daring and notorious Lou Reed album David Masciotra

Civil war at the cineplex: "American Sniper," "Selma" and the battle over American masculinity David Masciotra

"No civilization would tolerate what America has done" David Masciotra

My week in the right-wing lie machine: When Fox News, Twitchy and Montel Williams declared war on me David Masciotra

You don't protect my freedom: Our childish insistence on calling soldiers heroes deadens real democracy David Masciotra

"Megyn Kelly's eyes are very cold": Bill Ayers on his Fox News appearance, education "reform" and the problem with the Ivy League David Masciotra

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