Wednesday, September 16, 2026

The battle for Net Neutrality isn’t over

The FCC says the reversal "will protect consumers at far less cost to investment than prior rigid and wide-ranging utility rules."

Goodbye to all that

A private investigator on living in a surveillance culture.

Strongman: Jair Bolsonaro and the unexpected rise of the far right in Brazil

It remains to be seen if Fernando Haddad can rally the country to prevent a Bolsonaro presidency.

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!

An uprising was inevitable

"Being Black in this country means being at war on every front in every space at every moment."

What makes our lives matter?

To improve our society, we need to study ways in which individuals can be satisfied that their lives matter and in which the society agrees.

20th Anniversary of the big lie

Sadly, when you watch all the media doing all those human interest stories of the terrible tragic day, you won't see or hear much truth.

Worshiping markets, genuflecting to grand fortune

Our conventional political wisdom, here in the United States, tends to see utopians as lefty egalitarians of one sort or another, clueless...

Fracking fans use intelligence report to revive baseless claim Russia funds U.S. anti-fracking movement

An alleged Putin connection had snaked its way into the talking points of volunteers working to encourage voters to nix the fracking ban proposal.

Watch Shepard Smith shut down former Trump adviser who uses Manchester attack to blame...

Smith: “Mr. Woolsey, with great respect, it's very early to make this a political matter.”