Saturday, November 14, 2026

Cooling the guns in the Middle East

The intolerable conditions have nurtured dreams of resistance: The more intolerable the conditions, the more violent the resistance.

Trump’s EPA refuses to set limits on toxic chemicals in drinking water

"This administration prioritizes corporate profits over public safety, pure and simple."

New bill aims to reverse the GOP’s giveaway of ANWR lands to fossil fuel...

“This bill calls a halt to the Administration’s headlong rush to sell off this special wilderness to corporate polluters."

Supreme Court unanimously upholds religious liberty over LGBTQ rights—and nods to a bigger win...

As Justice Gorsuch concluded in his concurring opinion, “dodging the question today guarantees it will recur tomorrow.”

Biden administration protects endangered Pacific humpback whales

The rule will protect two endangered and one threatened whale populations totaling 116,098 square nautical miles of habitat protection.

Our Mania for Hope Is a Curse

“Humanity is never stationary." And it's only those who accept the very real possibility of dystopia that are the likely ones to carry out the self-sacrifice necessary for revolt.

The ultimate twosome

Nukes and climate change in 2024.

WikiLeaks Releases CIA Director’s Hacked Emails

So many top U.S. intelligence officials are unable to maintain basic security over sensitive data with the most recent hacked private email account of CIA Director John Brennan. Are these hackers confirming that the wrong people have been leading this country for far too long?

The US is ‘out of step’ on primate research with the rest of the...

While the European Union votes to phase out animal research, the United States wants more.

Does mundane, Democratic small ball make sense against war-like Trumpian nullification?

Good intentions fall short against foes indifferent to morality, law, science, disease, suffering, even the compassion that Christianity honors.