Wednesday, April 8, 2026

What’s Really at Stake in the Apple Encryption Debate

The government has never been allowed to create a “backdoor” to encrypted devices. Now, it’s trying to force Apple to build one.

US and China why not a deal?

The very real dangers—ecological as well as geopolitical—that the world now faces encourage finding some kind of negotiated agreement on a multi-polar world.

Trump declares war on the media; a monumental mistake he will soon regret

Is he so arrogant and clueless that he doesn’t fathom the tremendous power that the media possesses and the massive damage that it can inflict on his presidency?

Fight the Establishment

See presidential elections as mostly a distraction, keeping most Americans from understanding that they live in a money-controlled delusional democracy.

Hidden in plain sight: The “unimpeachable” offenses

The presidential offenses that are routinely considered unimpeachable -- and therefore ultimately acceptable -- tell us a lot about Congress. And about U.S. mass media. And maybe about ourselves.

NYT writes post-mortems for a Sanders campaign it did its best to kill

The coronavirus may have halted most campaigning for now—but it evidently has not stopped anti-Sanders media bias.
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Watch: Dramatic video of Capitol attack & Trump’s incitement kicks off impeachment trial in...

Trump is the first president to ever be impeached twice and the first to be tried after leaving office.

The hypocrisy of the federal spending debate

We must not let our lawmakers get away with this charade of fiscal responsibility to defeat Build Back Better.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg helped shape the modern era of women’s rights – even before...

“Our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature.”

America’s 21st Century Government: The Worst In This Country’s History?

“This 21st Century U.S. government’s achievements are virtually non-existent while its failures are monumental. That’s why I believe that historians of the future will conclude that it is the worst in American history.”