How the U.S. Went Fascist: Mass Media Make Excuses for Trump Voters (Video)
When Benjamin Franklin was asked by a lady after the Constitutional Convention what sort of government the US had, he said, “A Republic, Madame, if you can keep it.” You have to wonder if we can keep it.
Envision or perish—why we must start imagining the world we want to live in
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.”
Starbucks urged to cut ties with Hong Kong chain that still serves shark fin
The shark fin trade poses a danger to vulnerable shark species.
If doomsday prepping has taught me anything, it’s that we can’t survive alone
Sometimes at second hand books stores I find myself with an armful of books, thinking “These will come in handy if …...
Harvard and Jeffrey Epstein
“Once Epstein was convicted, Harvard should have cut him off from further communication with the [Faculty of Arts and Sciences]. He didn't deserve more.”
Poem: ICE storm in the desert
ICE weighing down the roof of the houseICE playing games of cat and mouseA little mouse, a baby in factThey put in...
Thieves in the suites
After all, some of society's most inventive minds are flimflammers, Ponzi-schemers, gamers and embezzlers.
Banning what matters
What could be more wonderful than a place that allows people to read books, magazines, and newspapers for free?
The liberal arts are not disposable
A spinoff of a forthcoming book from Johns Hopkins Press about the value of the liberal arts.
Trump’s game plan
Racism and violence as decoys.