Friday, June 19, 2026

Find the adults and get them in the room

If democracy isn’t participatory it isn’t decent democracy.

Fighting hate speech as an excuse for censorship

Legal action and internal policy changes on the social media should be undertaken in order to tackle the problem of hate speech online.

Trump’s Hobbesian trade war

If you have a device such as a phone, a laptop, any notebook or tablet, Trump is stepping on you.

Emergency response

Police have fatally shot more than 1,200 people with mental illnesses since 2015, according to the database.

Trump channels Nero

Our descendants will thank us and curse the greedy grabber polluters. 

Understanding NATO, Ending War

On 4 April 2019, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, better known as NATO, marked the 70th anniversary of its existence with a...

Lies that led to the Afghan war

We must learn to be skeptical of both our political leaders and our mass media, when they give us reasons for going to war.

Can we tell truth from buck-naked lies?

Trump and his lawless vigilantes attacking democracy are the opposite. “Proud Boys?” Proud of what? Nothing I can see.

Benito Trump

Will we stand up to the Swampiest one ever?

The State of USS Titanic

So, what this current two-party/one-party system has done, while acting as spokespersons for the empire, is like the old joke of Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.