The Claudius presidency
After four years of an American Caligula, will Joe Biden bring the United States back into the international community?
Worth dying for?
When it comes to the war in the Greater Middle East, maybe we’re the bad guys.
Why Trump won’t bring jobs
Every signal suggests that Trump will pursue the same plutocratic approach favored by all presidents of his party.
Trump federalizes DC police as protests grow and White House signals expanded occupation
As National Guard deployment grows and Section 740 takeover faces legal tests, residents report civil liberties concerns while officials defend public safety rationale.
Declawed special prosecutor: A mockery of independence and justice
Here's today's predictable nightmare when legislation imprisoned the Special Prosecution role under the Dept. of Justice. Or more accurately, in Trumpian times the slavish Dept. of Injustice and Coverup.
Federal watchdog group calls for investigation into Nikki Haley’s acceptance of ‘gifts’ while in...
Nikki Haley allegedly accepted private flights from GOP donors while in office.
Kissing the specious present goodbye
Did history begin anew last November 8th?
Bernie 2020 campaign has corporate Democrats running scared
We’re supposed to believe that candidates who’ve adjusted their sails to the latest political wind are just as good as the candidate who generated the wind in the first place.
Trump defies court order, deports hundreds under 1798 wartime law in unprecedented legal overreach
Despite a federal judge’s order to halt deportations, the Trump administration expelled over 200 Venezuelans and a Brown University doctor, sparking outrage over its use of an 18th-century law and open defiance of the judiciary.
Twilight Zone Amerika: Woody Allen meets Rod Serling
The ‘Big Lie’ can only work when too many of us continue to lie to ourselves.