What does Kim Jong Un want?
It’s not too late to make a deal with North Korea. Ultimately, it’s what Pyongyang wants too.
Trump’s trade tariffs, a ‘fool’s errand’ that won’t work and will backfire
Trump did not have to resort to tariffs. All he needed to do was make it very clear to Chinese leaders that there had to be significant changes made to the trade relationship...
Genocidal President, genocidal politics
"I call it cruel and maybe the root of all cruelty to know what occurs but not recognize the fact."
Leaker, Speaker, Soldier, Spy
The charmed life of David Petraeus...
The Jan. 6 insurrection showed us the limits of polarization
Polarization looms large in many diagnoses of America’s current political struggles. Some researchers warn of an approaching “tipping point” of irreversible polarization.
Trump expands boat-bombing campaign to Pacific as death toll climbs and legal outrage grows
Critics denounce the latest strikes as “unlawful extrajudicial killings” as the Trump administration extends its maritime attacks beyond the Caribbean and signals possible land strikes ahead.
Bernie Sanders: If you throw 32 million people off of health insurance, tens of...
"Short term, I hope that we can work with the Republicans to end the absurdity of us paying the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. Longer term we need a Medicare for all, and I will introduce that once this debate is over."
Former District Attorney sentenced to prison for accepting bribes
“Mr. Williams talked a good game. Unfortunately, ‘talk’ is all it was. In reality, he gamed the system.”
What a second Trumpocracy would mean
The coming crisis of 2025.
“Liberals” need to nip this massive corporate tax break in the cradle
This tax-break not only lets the giant, multinational corporations get away with doing what Trump did, it hands them a huge, beautiful reward for doing it.