Flint’s Crisis Is About More Than Water
The thousands of Michigan children who were knowingly poisoned were victims of an American moral malaise: Our nation has bred generations of bureaucrats who are blind to values other than self-advancement and profit.
Bernie Sanders says he will probably run in 2020 if he’s the best candidate...
The statement comes just a week after Sanders' stated that his team was "looking at" the possibility of a 2020 run.
The Trump corollary
U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Madur
4 Reasons Ted Cruz is Even More Dangerous than Donald Trump
Both men would be disasters for America, but Ted Cruz would be the larger disaster.
Supreme Court denies Trump administration’s ban on asylum for immigrants who illegally cross
The trump administration's ban conflicts with current immigration law.
Lost in TrumpWorld
Ostensibly big stories erupt, command universal attention, and then evaporate like the dewfall on a summer morning, their place taken by the next equally big, no less ephemeral story.
Supreme Court allows fracked gas pipeline’s use of eminent domain. But the pipeline’s victory...
The decision could give private companies more power to take state land, but experts point to a thicket of legal obstacles that remain in the pipeline’s way.
The Nincompoop Caucus Sets a Record
Lawmakers are doing all they can to eliminate healthcare coverage for people on Obamacare. Republicans have voted more than 56 times to take away health coverage for previously uninsured people. This is absurd.
Core, indispensable ‘elites’ getting a bad rap—without expertise, it’s back to the caves
To counter decline in the works, we need a prominent, supported “elite” of artists and philosophers, hard scientists and social scientists, plus socially-minded business and political figures.
Can Trump, Scorning Campaign Wisdom, Do the Impossible — Change Gears?
Must Hillary Do More Than ‘Be Presidential’ & Avoid Epic Blunders? How Long Will Trump’s Hot-air Entertainment Balloon Stay Aloft? Do Cheap Shots, Empty Sloganeering and Selfie Stardom Inform a Triumphant Nationwide Campaign?