Dennis Loo
Sometimes asking for the impossible is the only realistic path
Dennis Loo
- Location
- Los Angeles, California,
- Birthday
- December 31
- Title
- Professor of Sociology
- Company
- Cal Poly Pomona
- Bio
- Author of Globalization and the Demolition of Society; Co-Editor/Author of Impeach the President: the Case Against Bush and Cheney, World Can't Wait Steering Committee Member, co-author of "Crimes Are Crimes, No Matter Who Does Them" statement, dog and fruit tree lover. Published poet.
Winner of the Alfred R. Lindesmith Award, Project Censored Award and the Nation Magazine's Most Valuable Campaign Award.
Punahou and Harvard Honor Graduate. Ph.D. in Sociology from UC Santa Cruz.
An archive of close to 500 postings of mine can be found at my blogspot blog, Dennis Loo, link below.
I publish regularly at dennisloo.com, worldcantwait.net (link below) and also at OpEd News and sometimes at Counterpunch.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Is Indiana Trying to Lose to
Miami?
May 22, 2012 10:45PM - What Andrew Bynum Should Have
Said
May 11, 2012 02:11AM - Burning Qurans and Burning
Empires: Afghanistan in
Turmoil
March 03, 2012 03:01PM - Jeremy Lin, "Coming from
Nowhere," and Hiding in Plain
Sight
February 16, 2012 02:55PM - Occupy: What It's Done and
What Remains to Be Done
February 11, 2012 02:51PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “The Nuggets have been
playing great ball in the last
two
games. Nothing should
ta…”
May 11, 2012 05:16PM - “Tom - Thanks for the
relevant history lesson. The
only
alteration I'd make it
in…”
May 01, 2012 04:38PM - “Who would dare to
disagree with Gordon O? If
only he'd give
us something
specific…”
April 30, 2012 12:02PM - “Hey Boomer! Thank you.
Absolutely so.”
March 31, 2012 01:48PM - “So true!”
March 13, 2012 10:50PM
Dennis Loo's Links
May 11, 2012 05:16PM
“The Nuggets have been playing great ball in the last two games. Nothing should take away from that. I admire their effort.”
About: What Andrew Bynum Should Have Said
“The Nuggets have been playing great ball in the last two games. Nothing should take away from that. I admire their effort.”
About: What Andrew Bynum Should Have Said
May 01, 2012 04:38PM
“Tom - Thanks for the relevant history lesson. The only alteration I'd make it in is to point out that the "communists" under Ceausescu were n…”
About: Dirty, Pretty Things: Apple, Inc. and China
“Tom - Thanks for the relevant history lesson. The only alteration I'd make it in is to point out that the "communists" under Ceausescu were n…”
About: Dirty, Pretty Things: Apple, Inc. and China
April 30, 2012 12:02PM
“Who would dare to disagree with Gordon O? If only he'd give us something specific to respond to instead of blanket critical generalizations... Or would…”
About: Dirty, Pretty Things: Apple, Inc. and China
“Who would dare to disagree with Gordon O? If only he'd give us something specific to respond to instead of blanket critical generalizations... Or would…”
About: Dirty, Pretty Things: Apple, Inc. and China
March 31, 2012 01:48PM
“Hey Boomer! Thank you. Absolutely so.”
About: Burning Qurans and Burning Empires: Afghanistan in Turmoil
“Hey Boomer! Thank you. Absolutely so.”
About: Burning Qurans and Burning Empires: Afghanistan in Turmoil
March 07, 2012 12:25PM
“rwnut: That's fine. I will say this about you: you are quite different from most of your other political brethren in that you encourage debate. Tha nks D…”
About: Burning Qurans and Burning Empires: Afghanistan in Turmoil
“rwnut: That's fine. I will say this about you: you are quite different from most of your other political brethren in that you encourage debate. Tha nks D…”
About: Burning Qurans and Burning Empires: Afghanistan in Turmoil
March 04, 2012 12:58AM
“Errata: This sentence in my comment above contains a typo. It now reads as "Thus, neoliberal policies require that they institute more and more dra…”
About: Outlawing Occupy: H.R. 347 Makes Free Speech A Felony
“Errata: This sentence in my comment above contains a typo. It now reads as "Thus, neoliberal policies require that they institute more and more dra…”
About: Outlawing Occupy: H.R. 347 Makes Free Speech A Felony
March 04, 2012 12:56AM
“This is the logical extension of a trajectory that has been underway for over thirty years. When the 1960s upsurge ebbed in the early 1970s and the soc…”
About: Outlawing Occupy: H.R. 347 Makes Free Speech A Felony
“This is the logical extension of a trajectory that has been underway for over thirty years. When the 1960s upsurge ebbed in the early 1970s and the soc…”
About: Outlawing Occupy: H.R. 347 Makes Free Speech A Felony
March 03, 2012 11:05PM
“rwnut: If you want to call Islam a false religion then you would also have to call Christianity a false religion because they both come from the same ro…”
About: Burning Qurans and Burning Empires: Afghanistan in Turmoil
“rwnut: If you want to call Islam a false religion then you would also have to call Christianity a false religion because they both come from the same ro…”
About: Burning Qurans and Burning Empires: Afghanistan in Turmoil
March 03, 2012 09:37PM
“RWnut: Are you employing parody? Because if you are, it's a good job. If not, then this is exactly why the Arab world is outraged at the U.S. As for Is…”
About: Burning Qurans and Burning Empires: Afghanistan in Turmoil
“RWnut: Are you employing parody? Because if you are, it's a good job. If not, then this is exactly why the Arab world is outraged at the U.S. As for Is…”
About: Burning Qurans and Burning Empires: Afghanistan in Turmoil
January 29, 2012 04:12PM
“Peter: What is your source for your statement that Wozniak didn't want to give the Apple away for free? I cite my source in the recent NYT article (see…”
About: Dirty, Pretty Things Part 2
“Peter: What is your source for your statement that Wozniak didn't want to give the Apple away for free? I cite my source in the recent NYT article (see…”
About: Dirty, Pretty Things Part 2
January 29, 2012 12:59PM
“Sky: The language in that particular passage is meant to be slightly exaggerated. It's in the same spirit as the rest of that sentence. It's not literal…”
About: Dirty, Pretty Things Part 2
“Sky: The language in that particular passage is meant to be slightly exaggerated. It's in the same spirit as the rest of that sentence. It's not literal…”
About: Dirty, Pretty Things Part 2
January 28, 2012 01:11PM
“For a sense of where things stand within the U.S., see this from the New York Review of Books, 2/9/12 issue, in an article entitled "What Future f…”
About: Dirty, Pretty Things: Apple, Inc. and China
“For a sense of where things stand within the U.S., see this from the New York Review of Books, 2/9/12 issue, in an article entitled "What Future f…”
About: Dirty, Pretty Things: Apple, Inc. and China
January 25, 2012 06:08PM
“Just realized that there was a second point I was going to make. Here it is: Obama, if he really wanted to do the right thing, could hold a live nationa…”
About: Obama's SOTU Speech 2012
“Just realized that there was a second point I was going to make. Here it is: Obama, if he really wanted to do the right thing, could hold a live nationa…”
About: Obama's SOTU Speech 2012
January 25, 2012 06:01PM
“Mission: Thank you Mission. You're one of the people who makes what I do worthwhile. Speaking out in all the various ways we can - writing, art, actions…”
About: Obama's SOTU Speech 2012
“Mission: Thank you Mission. You're one of the people who makes what I do worthwhile. Speaking out in all the various ways we can - writing, art, actions…”
About: Obama's SOTU Speech 2012
January 25, 2012 12:29AM
“Harry's Ghost: Always glad to see your ghost! And the Asian proverb you cite is so appropriate.”
About: Upcoming Radio Talk/In Person Talks 1/25 & 1/31
“Harry's Ghost: Always glad to see your ghost! And the Asian proverb you cite is so appropriate.”
About: Upcoming Radio Talk/In Person Talks 1/25 & 1/31
January 24, 2012 11:11PM
“JP - Pay attention please: I'm not going to say this again and if you choose to post comments again to me then I will not answer you. You think that stat…”
About: Upcoming Radio Talk/In Person Talks 1/25 & 1/31
“JP - Pay attention please: I'm not going to say this again and if you choose to post comments again to me then I will not answer you. You think that stat…”
About: Upcoming Radio Talk/In Person Talks 1/25 & 1/31
January 24, 2012 10:04PM
“JP: Saying that I have dodged the question of the nature of elections is like saying that Terminator the movie doesn't feature Arnold Schwarzenegger or…”
About: Upcoming Radio Talk/In Person Talks 1/25 & 1/31
“JP: Saying that I have dodged the question of the nature of elections is like saying that Terminator the movie doesn't feature Arnold Schwarzenegger or…”
About: Upcoming Radio Talk/In Person Talks 1/25 & 1/31
January 24, 2012 01:52PM
“A great resource! Thanks for doing this. And yes, powerful social movements like Occupy can have and is having profound repercussions on the society. I…”
About: GAMECHANGER-- *Occupying* Republicans!
“A great resource! Thanks for doing this. And yes, powerful social movements like Occupy can have and is having profound repercussions on the society. I…”
About: GAMECHANGER-- *Occupying* Republicans!
January 16, 2012 12:33PM
“I'm going to assume that New England gets through the Ravens. Since I can't stand the cheater Bill "hidden cameras" Belichick and I suspect (…”
About: Lessons From This Weekend's Playoff Games
“I'm going to assume that New England gets through the Ravens. Since I can't stand the cheater Bill "hidden cameras" Belichick and I suspect (…”
About: Lessons From This Weekend's Playoff Games
January 16, 2012 01:00AM
“Thank you Donegal and rwnut (altho I must strongly disagree with your second paragraph's first sentence).”
About: Who’s to Blame for Urinating Marines?
“Thank you Donegal and rwnut (altho I must strongly disagree with your second paragraph's first sentence).”
About: Who’s to Blame for Urinating Marines?
January 08, 2012 09:27AM
“Skypixie: In response to your comment, please see, for example, this passage from a recent article of mine about NDAA: "Not that I think that the bi…”
About: The War OF Terror's Deadly Embrace & the Drums of War
“Skypixie: In response to your comment, please see, for example, this passage from a recent article of mine about NDAA: "Not that I think that the bi…”
About: The War OF Terror's Deadly Embrace & the Drums of War
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