Tuesday, April 28, 2026
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How the corporate takeover of American politics began

Powell’s memo argued that the American economic system was “under broad attack” from consumer, labor, and environmental groups.

Biden signs law to federally protect same-sex and interracial marriages

The bipartisan bill will offer federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages.

We don’t need government-granted patent monopolies to finance drug development

The best way to get alternatives to the current patent system was to have examples of successful drugs developed without relying on patent monopolies.
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The ghost of Eugene McCarthy could haunt Biden’s path to renomination

Fifty-five years ago, pundits scoffed when a Democratic senator announced that he was running against incumbent Lyndon Johnson for their party’s presidential nomination.

Arizona Sen. Krysten Sinema leaves Democratic party

Sinema intends to continue to caucus with Democrats and keep her committee assignments.

Behold the cult marriage made in hell: party can’t win with Trump, can’t win...

When does the GOP declare the obvious – that Trump is the monumentally flawed cancer at the center, his and the party’s worst enemy?

Russia’s Ukraine war and energy crisis have scared the world into turbocharging adoption of...

By 2025, only about two years from now, renewable energy will surpass coal as a power source globally.

An invulnerable financial fortress on the sand?

Qatar has our world’s attention, but nearby — and deeply unequal — Dubai might be charting our future.

Living for politics

May I remember that “just living” is the whole point of doing politics.

The Constitution as free-for-all, a la carte buffet

If this be not the worst subversion,/ Where's real career-ending perversion?