What is Nygaard Notes?

Nygaard Notes is an independent newsletter written and published by Jeff Nygaard (subscription info here). Nygaard Notes is concerned with a broad range of issues and ideas, using humor and plain language to reach out to anyone who believes in the values of solidarity, justice, compassion, and democracy. Nygaard Notes is intended to educate, inform, and entertain readers. Nygaard Notes is also intended to challenge its readers, inspiring them to move away from passive ways of thinking and toward more active, creative ways of thinking that lead to positive action.

This website contains a copy of every issue of Nygaard Notes and can be searched by keyword.

Nygaard Notes #498, December 27, 2011: "Quote" of the Week: "They are barbarians."Wars of Occupation: The Basic Myth; Iraq: A New "Security Architecture"

Nygaard Notes #497, December 14, 2011: "Quote" of the Week: "The global war on drugs has failed...";Steve Jobs in China; News for the One Percent; "War on Drugs" Ever More Warlike; Fracking and the "Overwhelmed, Understaffed Inspectors"

Nygaard Notes #496, December 8, 2011: "Quote" of the Week: "We want a more democratic country";Global Climate Crisis: "We Can Try to Incentivize"; The Iran Terror Plot: Facts Are Not Just Facts; Death Squads? Or War Propaganda?

Nygaard Notes #495, November 23, 2011: "Quote" of the Week: ""By 2040, Each Worker Will Produce Twice as Much as Today"; Off the Front Page: Health System "Slipping"; Investing in Right-Thinking Politicians; Prescription Drugs: Regular Old Corruption; Remote-Control War Part IV: Losing Our Minds, Losing Our Hearts

Nygaard Notes #494, November 11, 2011: "Quote" of the Week: "We are constantly in battle"; Nygaard Notes Paper Version Price Increase; Remote-Control War Part III: "The Time Is Past for Debate"

Nygaard Notes #493, November 2, 2011: "Quote" of the Week: "Declining toward rock bottom"; Beware Warren Buffett Emails; Drug Shortage Propaganda I: Normal in the News; Drug Shortage Propaganda II: "Eschewing More Ambitious Proposals"; War of the Future: Robots

Nygaard Notes #492, October 26, 2011: What They're Saying About Nygaard Notes; Nygaard Notes Pledge Drive: The Basics; The Nygaard Notes Project; Propaganda Just Happens. Dissent is a Choice, Part II: Winners, Losers, and Deep Propaganda

Nygaard Notes #491, October 21, 2011: "Quote" of the Week: "You continually amaze me..."; Here's How to Make a Pledge to Support Nygaard Notes; Have You Already Made a Pledge? Read This; How Much Should Your Pledge Be?; Propaganda Just Happens. Dissent is a Choice.

Nygaard Notes #490, October 13, 2011: "Quote" of the Week: Occupying "1,464 Cities";Ideology, Imagination, and the Occupation of Wall Street; Unthinkable Solutions: Unlearning Our ABCs; Changing the Debate: Lessons from the 1930s

Nygaard Notes #489, September 28, 2011: "Quote" of the Week: "Dramatically Lower the Overall Costs";A Correction, and Some Lessons Learned; Drug Shortages: What to Do?; When PR Isn't Enough: How Democracies Go To War

Nygaard Notes #488, September 13, 2011: "Quote" of the Week: "A Difficult Conundrum"; State Spending in Minnesota is Up... And Down; Those Radical Christians!; Capitalism's Conundrum

Nygaard Notes #487, September 6, 2011: "Quote" of the Week: "Reducing the Size of Government Was a Goal of the Deficit Plan."; Is Government Growing? Six Factors to Consider

Nygaard Notes #486, August 18, 2011: "Quote" of the Week: "Child poverty rose 56 percent in Minnesota in the last decade"; Understanding "Strategic Communication"; Communicating To Build Political Support

Nygaard Notes #485, July 31, 2011: "Quote" of the Week: Inequality "Three Decades in the Making."; Polls as Propaganda #4: Imagining "Systems Polling"; Polls As Propaganda #5: The Deepest Propaganda of All

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