Thursday, June 18, 2026

TPP: The Devil’s in the Details

The TPP is a massive trade and investment agreement that dwarfs, but does not replace, NAFTA in its scope.

Surrender, white people

My hope is that Black Lives Matter will join with the whites, Latinos, Asians and Native Americans, particularly those who have supported Bernie Sanders and other progressives, and continue to fight for justice for all members of society.

(Belief in) this lie called Democracy

So long as we continue to allow private money into electoral politics, there will never be the foundation for a true democracy...

2 or 3 things I know about Capitalism (with apologies to Jean-Luc Godard)

We either struggle and strive, by and any and all means, to end the system -- or it will end us.

The April foolish fake leader

Trump should have signage on the door of the Oval Office, “I always pass the buck,” or perhaps, “All victories are mine, all defeats are theirs.”

Why vegans should focus on farmworkers’ rights

The harsh reality is that, in the realm of factory farming, workers are mistreated nearly as often as their animal counterparts.

Are men more corrupt and sexually aggressive?

We, the electorate, didn’t vote for politicians so that they could latch onto women, nor so that they could rob us blind.

Exposing the giants: The global power elite

If we cannot persuade the global power elite to respond sensibly to that predicament, or nonviolently compel it to do so, humanity’s time on Earth is indeed limited.

Why Both Clinton & Trump Are Corrupt

On the surface is partisanship loaded heavily with lies; underneath is the reality of America’s aristocracy controlling, now, both of the two political Parties.

Two other pandemics: The lemming and apathy viruses

Viruses like this Corona Virus can kill. Yet, in the world of politics there have been, for a long time now, those two other ones: The Lemming Virus and the Apathy virus. They only kill what is left of our Republican Democracy... which is not much at all!