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 #411, July 8, 2008: The Pledge Drive So Far; Is Your Pledge Due for Renewal?; What They're Saying About Nygaard Notes; What is Nygaard Notes "About"?; How Much Should Your Pledge Be?; Off the Front Page: Underinsured Ranks Growing

Nygaard Notes #410, June 27, 2008: The Nygaard Notes Pledge Drive Basics; All Nygaard Notes Has is YOU; Why Nygaard Notes is Free; Is Your Pledge Due for Renewal?; Everybody Is Ignorant

Nygaard Notes #409, June 20, 2008: "Quote" of the Week: War and the "rule of law"; "The Tone of That Time Was Quite Extraordinary"; Classic War Propaganda: A Case Study

Nygaard Notes #408, June 5, 2008: "Quote" of the Week: "Will you kill us again?";The Birthday of Minnesota, The Birthday of Israel

Nygaard Notes #407, May 22, 2008: "Quote" of the Week: One crisis away from financial devastation; Shameless Self Promotion: River City Buttons; The State of the News Media 2008: "Reporting Resources Have Shrunk"; Covering the World: Where's the Good News?

Nygaard Notes #406, May 13, 2008: "Quote" of the Week: Torture is not "punishment"; Hunger and Profits: Cargill and the Food Riots; The Complex History of Mother's Day

Nygaard Notes #405, April 27, 2008: "Quotes" of the Week: Three this week!; The Invisible Killing of Remote-Control War; UAVs in Pakistan, One Story; Further Reading about the Secret Air Wars

Nygaard Notes #404, April 14, 2008: "Quote" of the Week: "The air war is simply not visible to most Americans"; The Secret Air Wars Continue: 2008 Update; Why Do They Hate Us? Read the Last Paragraph; Violence in Iraq: Understanding Cause and Effect

Nygaard Notes #403, March 21, 2008: "Quote" of the Week: The Rule of Law! Health, Security, and Mandates: The Chilean Experience; Achieving (Which?) Goals by "Putting Ideology Aside"

Nygaard Notes #402, March 11, 2008: "Quote" of the Week: Five years of war is too much; The Story Here: High Taxes? Or Equality?; "Stripping Poor Nations of Their Skilled Health Workers"; "Private Insurers Would Offer Policies to Everyone Else"; "A Victory Lap For Bush" in Africa?

Nygaard Notes #401, March 3, 2008: "Quote" of the Week: The Market decides, we don't; Housing and the Bush Budget; Seven Federal Housing Programs Slated for Elimination

Nygaard Notes #400, February 20, 2008: "Quote" of the Week: "Bush's assumptions... are unrealistic if not outright spurious"; The 2009 Federal Bush Budget, George W. Version; Single-Payer Health Care at the State Level: It's Happening!

Nygaard Notes # 399, February 7, 2008: "Quote" of the Week: Preaching to the choir; Join the "Friends of Nygaard Notes"; Suharto and His "Mixed Legacy"; Philip Agee and His Legacy

Nygaard Notes # 398, January 24, 2008: "Quote" of the Week: He's not a communist; The Venezuela Series Concludes: What To Do?; Socialism of the 21st Century; Further Reading on Venezuela Today

Nygaard Notes # 397, January 16, 2008: "Quote" of the Week: " These projects appear threatening to the Bush administration"; Venezuela in the World; Venezuela At Home; Venezuela Intervention Already Underway

Nygaard Notes # 396, January 5, 2008: "Quote" of the Week: "Things are looking up!"; The 2007 Nygaard Notes Year in Review

Nygaard Notes # 395, December 29, 2007: "Quote" of the Week: They Hate Baseball!; "A Compelling Rationale for Covert Action," Post-Cold War; From Chile 1973 to Venezuela 2007; "Challenges" That Justify Intervention: The Headlines

Nygaard Notes # 394, December 23, 2007: Why Think About Venezuela?; 1954: "There Are No Rules In Such A Game"; In Their Own Words: The CIA on Chile, 1964

Nygaard Notes # 393, November 30, 2007: Off the Front Page: Hate, Electricity, Sex; "Deficit Way Down" NOT!; Exporting Health Care, Exporting Arms: A Tale of Three Nations; The "Costs" of a Miracle

Nygaard Notes # 392, November 16, 2007: Propaganda Theory, Circa 1927; Nobody (Nobody Who Matters, That Is) Was Hurt; Nobody (Nobody Who Matters, That Is) Was Killed; The Return of the Body Counts; Fox Investigates Henhouse Killings: Findings Raise Skepticism; Oh, Let's "Change the Subject"; The "Surge" as the White Man's Burden

Nygaard Notes # 391, November 9, 2007: Propaganda Framework I: "Managing a Civil War"; Propaganda Framework II: "The Army's Principal Concern"; Propaganda Framework III: We're Not Responsible for Our Killing; Propaganda Framework IV: The Good Guys and The Bad Guys; Propaganda Framework V: We're Winning!; Propaganda Framework VI: "We Don't Want to Misrepresent Anything."

Nygaard Notes # 390, November 2, 2007: "Quote" of the Week: Single-Payer Health Care surprise; The Corporate Agenda Is "All The Rage"; Rock the Boat, Lose the Vote: Investing In the "Right" Democrats

Nygaard Notes # 389, October 19, 2007: "Quote" of the Week: Stability and Order; A Word About How Nygaard Notes Works;Praise for the Notes – and Incentive to Pledge (I Hope); Iran and the Threat of Self Defense; Who Needs Evidence? It's the Axis of Evil!

Nygaard Notes # 388, October 12, 2007: "Quote" of the Week: It's just not logical; The Keys to Media Empowerment, Part 2: Beyond Truth and Reality; The Keys to Media Empowerment, Part 3: Asking Questions and Media Activism

Nygaard Notes # 387, October 6, 2007: "Quote" of the Week: "Rational business decisions," media-style; How to Make a Pledge: It's Simple!; Where Does Your Pledge Money Go?; How Much Should Your Pledge Be?; The Keys to Media Empowerment, Part 1

Nygaard Notes # 386, September 30, 2007: "Quote" of the Week: The superrich and their causes; Social Security in Crisis! The (False) Story That Won't Go Away; A Nation of Laws (But Only the Ones We Like); "Mistake" in Minot... Or Was It?; Iran Is the Biggest Threat! Where Have We Heard This Before...?

Nygaard Notes # 385, September 20, 2007: "Quote" of the Week: He's "not hearing much"; The Poll of Wishful Thinking; Venezuela and the "Failure" to Follow Orders; Read More About the Silent Subversion of Venezuela

Nygaard Notes # 384, September 5, 2007: "Quote" of the Week: "I know it's a troubling phenomenon..."; Income, Poverty, Insurance: What's the (Real) Story?; "Image Boosting" Vs. Solidarity: The U.S. and Cuba

Nygaard Notes # 383, August 27, 2007: "Quote" of the Week: Not the same things!; The Stock Market Meltdown: Where to Start?; Iran: Propagandized Information Leads to Righteous Indignation; UN Hunger Agency a "U.S. Fiefdom"

Nygaard Notes # 382, August 18, 2007: "Quote" of the Week: No "influence;" just "warnings"; The Democracy Series, Part 5: How We Understand Democracy, and Why; The Democracy Series, Part 6: Policies that Support Radical Democracy; The Democracy Series, Part 7 (The Final): Resources for Learning More About Democracy

Nygaard Notes # 381, August 10, 2007: "Quote" of the Week: Air war in Afghanistan; A Problem with Our Nation's Infrastructure? You Read it Here First.; Bridge Collapses and The Media; Reporting on Afghanistan: Bizarre and Terrifying

Nygaard Notes # 380, July 31, 2007: "Quote" of the Week: "the traditional revolutionary harangue"; "A Broad and Deepening Dislike of American Values"; The Democracy Series, Part 4: Getting Better at Doing Democracy