Do any Republicans still support democracy?
Republicans should heed Churchill’s warning about appeasing authoritarians: “Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, it will eat him last.”
This is how Medicare for All will save lives
The current administration is, however, moving in the opposite direction, trying to overturn the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which would end coverage for 21 million people.
Boris Johnson, ‘political vegemite’, becomes the UK prime minister. Let the games begin
To no-one’s great surprise, Boris Johnson has been elected by the members of the Conservative Party to be the new leader, and...
Disaster Payoffs: Best Lessons From the Worst Campaign
Look at all the marvels we learned this past year. Our revered democracy, battered by money and bludgeoned by bad faith, can still distinguish an utter phony, skilled mainly as con artist, from adult candidates capable of governance. All but Trump offer the minimum for any viable president: deflecting monumental disruption and chaos.
Confederate-style states’ rights tantrums rise again—and will fall again to enlightened federalism
Either federalism determines “self-evident” human rights, or the Constitutional republic model turns farce, with 50 different state law clusters.
Biden, Buttigieg and corporate media are eager for Sanders and Warren to clash
Keeping eyes on the prize this year will require a united front that can strengthen progressive forces, prevent any corporate Democrat from winning the party’s presidential nomination, and then go on to defeat Donald Trump.
The surprising pervasiveness of American arrogance
We Americans are all beneficiaries of exceptionalism, even those of us who decry its corrosive impact.
“Financial elder abuse charges” against Trump. Business as usual in DC.
Donald Trump’s abuses and excesses cannot be normalized.
Congressional Democrats rally against Biden-approved Willow Project in Alaska
As the legal challenges continue, the fate of the Willow Project remains a pivotal issue at the intersection of climate policy, Indigenous rights, and U.S. energy strategy.
The useful idiocy of Donald Trump
The inability of the political establishment and the press to moderate or reform Trump’s egregious behavior is rooted in their loss of credibility.