Saturday, April 4, 2026

The New York Times’ False Foreign Policy Narratives

Fortunately, there are those -- who receive very little high-profile media ink -- that challenge the purpose and priorities of our twinned economic and physical wars. But they deserve allies in media – who don’t just seek to promote the lesser evil – but a world worthy of our humanity and of our potential.

A New Economic Vision That Mixes Together Occupy, Amish Culture, and Startups

What subcultures offer us insight and principles for new ways of organizing?

Main Street Shopping and the Internet

Is the internet going to take it all when it comes to retail?

How Consumer Culture Is Killing Citizenship

We live in a society where market values spread without limit, in which we are branding and selling ourselves along with everything else, including public office. How do we stop it?

Democracy in America Is a Useful Fiction

The civic, patriotic and political language we use to describe ourselves remains unchanged. But the America we celebrate is an illusion.

The Explosive New Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Bill O’Reilly, Detailed

After complaining, a former Fox News host was banned from his show.

Interrupting Trump’s Strut Is Only a Start

Can we now get serious, journalists, about what’s at stake in American politics?

Donald Trump’s Implied Assassination Threat, Fox News and the NRA

Trump is a dangerous demagogue who is inciting violence, and the time for it to stop is now.

Experts, Journalists Slam Trump’s All-Male Economic Advisory Council

There are 13 People on Donald Trump's new Economic Advisory Council. All 13 are men. None are actual economists.

What is the World? Who are We? What are We Going to do About...

We are better people, individually and collectively, when we reject hubris and embrace humility, and we stand a better chance of making real progress when we better understand the world and our place in it.