Sunday, October 25, 2026

Three reasons why the super-rich should embrace a 70% tax rate

If they really want to "improve the state of the world," they should be using all their lobbyists and lawyers to make sure their tax money is supporting a cooperative national effort to protect the environment for their great-grandchildren and to remain competitive in the technologies of the future.

Five Reasons Why Presidential Candidates Should Not Speak at AIPAC

For presidential candidates to accept AIPAC’s invitation to speak at their policy conference is for them to take a stand even further to the extreme right.

The veiled threat of fiscal commission as gateway to Social Security and Medicare cuts

In a controversial move, the GOP-led House Budget Committee's hearing to establish a fiscal commission raises alarms for potential cuts in Social Security and Medicare, sparking widespread criticism and concerns for the future of these essential programs.

The interminable, withering babble from today’s Tower of Babel

When the end is messianic, imperial, “destiny” or God’s will—human fabrications made into commandments—all civilized bets are off.

How much longer before Trump becomes the 2nd president in US history to resign?

America is weighed down by this president who has quickly worn out his welcome.

The human costs of the nationalist agendas of Trump and Brexit

The nationalist approach to trade hurts globalists and workers alike.

Wasted lives: The worldwide tragedy of youth suicide

Principles of goodness together with the golden seed of social justice – sharing – need to be the guiding ideals of a radically redesigned socio-economic paradigm.

Protest is working and growing

Early in the Trump era, protest is working and the potential ahead is for an even larger resistance movement.

How bad does it have to get before the DNC declares an emergency?

Right now, the Democratic Party appears to be stuck between Little Rock and a hard place.

Space weaponization “cannot be walked back”

“It’s time for arms control planning to address the issues raised by this drift toward militarization of space.”