Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Fidel Castro: Cuban conundrum fought for freedom but entrenched state power

These are the riddles at the center of Fidel Castro, resolved conventionally by taking opposing sides: Fidel the savior, Castro the monster.

Russian influence? Nyet!

Trump responds to charges that he's too cozy with Putin.

The Sharing Economy

Peer-to-peer transactions are leaving workers out of the equation.

Let’s EVOLVE from the duopoly’s neoliberal swamp

Drumroll, please: Announcing progressive or bust

Fourth world

Or American carnage from a pandemic president...

Race, belonging, and unconditional white amnesty

Though Trump casts amnesty as incompatible with “being a country of rules,” history proves otherwise.
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Tina Fey Returns to SNL as Sarah Palin to Endorse Donald Trump

Tina Fey returned to portray former Alaska governor Sarah Palin in a skip making fun of Palin's recent endorsement of Donald Trump.

Bernie Sanders Warns That a New President Could Criminalize Medical and Recreational Marijuana

“The time is long overdue for us to take marijuana off of the federal government’s list of outlawed drugs,” said Bernie Sanders recently at a speech on criminal justice reform.

Relentless diplomacy? An early assessment of the Biden foreign policy

Overall, Biden’s foreign policy has been a mixed bag so far, keeping many aspects of the previous administration's diplomacy while changing the tone in a more positive direction.

Looming Brexit Mayhem Will Expose Disruptive TrumpThink

So, brace for reams of critical Brexit analysis, implying the UK cut off its nose to spite its face. And let’s never forget Trump’s high-risk, gambling world is “winning take all.” That means “losers gets nothing.” Hardly a great model for parenting, let alone large-scale, global business planning or trade or health for complex, modern nation-states. Gambling for adults works when betting disposable dollars on transient sporting events when the results are instantly known. Will voters in November here not add false flummery about Brexit shortfalls as another crack-brain spoke in Trump’s broken-down political wheelhouse?