Psychopathology on full display
While not perfect or overwhelming, the people decided in the midterms to check on the President’s power. Expect more to come. It’s our only hope.
The week of two high-stakes games of chicken
Neither of these games of chicken would be as fraught if Democrats were united.
Guerilla Housing: Homeless Activists Challenge Gentrification With “Tiny Homes”
“As the country slowly claws out of the economic downturn, we face crucial questions about what this recovery should mean, what recovering cities should look like, and who should get recovered along the way.”
The fear driving US nuclear strategy
There is no easy way back from this brink. But you can help, both now and in the future, by doing one or more of the suggestions below.
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!
Antebellum America Redux
What is the answer to this problem that has been with our nation since its founding?
Coping with a complex messy world: Education for the 21st century and beyond
Critical Thinking—surfacing and rebutting fallacious arguments/claims--is one of the most important skills in dealing with Wicked Messes.
Clinton Backs Monsanto’s Case That to Be Anti Monsanto Is to Be Pro Global-Warming
“There is no comparison between the actual scientific consensus that global warming is real and man-made, and the phony ‘scientific’ ‘consensus’ that GMOs are safe.”
Donald Trump’s deepest fraud?
Without a doubt, the aristocracies of the U.S. and of all of its allied countries want this type of world government, even though it would hurt the publics everywhere.
The Anti-Empire Report #160: William Blum takes on the Washington Post again
William Blum takes on the Washington Post again, in the person of columnist Max Boot, formerly of the Wall Street Journal