What we are missing
It is summer, I’m a teacher, nearly unpaid, and have the gift of prep time for fall classes. I’m also being indulgent...
The Bane of Anti-readers, thus anti-thinkers in America: Busted billionaires prove book learning a...
If you know nothing, you will believe anything – and you will be suckered to do anything.
Toxic Politics Versus Better Economics
One hopes that enlightened political leadership takes the reins in time to make the needed mid-course corrections voluntarily, before unambiguous signs of economic and financial crisis force policymakers to scramble to minimize the damage.
US Supreme Court’s blow to Big Oil ‘should open the floodgates for more lawsuits’
"The high court's decision is a major victory for communities across the country that are fighting to hold Big Oil accountable and make them pay for the climate damages they knowingly caused," said one advocate.
12 notes from a political autopsy
The left and the party faithful may be angry at each other, but they’re on the same side now, locked together in a nonviolent political movement to resist Trumpism and remake American politics.
A bad winner, Trump will be a worse loser
Trump goes down because no one can "disinfect" reality.
Time for Medicare For All
The American public has a real choice here: expensive health care for the few or quality, affordable health care for the many. It’s time for Medicare for All.
Victory! Uzbekistan President Announces Ban on GMOs in Baby Food
Uzbekistan will also adopt measures to restrict the import and consumption of all products containing GMOs.
Myths And Facts On The Nomination Of Judge Merrick Garland To The Supreme Court
Here are the facts on the nominee, previous lines of right-wing attack, and facts about the nomination and confirmation processes going forward.
The ultra wealthy have hijacked Roth IRAs. The Senate Finance chair is eyeing a...
Sen. Ron Wyden, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, said he planned to rein in tax breaks for gargantuan Roth retirement accounts after ProPublica exposed how the super rich used them to shield their fortunes from taxes.