Politics

This structural problem is amenable to only one thing: the aggressive use of antitrust law.

The empire will collapse and the nation will consume itself within our lifetimes if we do not wrest power from those who rule the corporate state.

Collective downsides will persist until the Grievance Gang accepts that god-given white privilege, let alone its preposterous messiah, won’t dominate governance.

"In 2008, we bailed out Wall Street. This time, it's time to bail out the American people who are suffering."

The kleptocrats, in the end, have only one real enemy: us.

The media supporting centrists like Biden will say anything to tarnish Bernie’s reputation, even with statements that are blatantly false.

The great insight from the last century or so: imperial powers profit more from exploiting natural resources than bashing foreign heads.

California gives lie to the conservative dictum that low taxes, few regulations, and low wages are the keys economic success. Trumpland should take note.

In severity of health damage, media staying power, and political indefensibility, the Flint, MI lead poisoning looms as a national turning point. What disgrace better spotlights Republican government poisoning one hundred thousand of its own people -- failed austerity at its worst? Rarely does stupid and wasteful, if not immoral, merge so dramatically.

Persistence is the best resistance.