Tuesday, November 10, 2026

The shame of the Sacklers

As Paul Hanly, a leading attorney in the case, told the Guardian, “this is essentially a crime family … drug dealers in nice suits and dresses.”

The end of US soft power?

Trump's effort to end U.S. foreign aid throws out a lot of babies with the bathwater.

Do any Republicans still support democracy?

Republicans should heed Churchill’s warning about appeasing authoritarians: “Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, it will eat him last.”

Youth Revolts Are Back: Lebanon, Iraq Shaken by Demand for Services, End to Corruption...

Youth protests have popped up from time to time–in Turkey, Yemen, and now Beirut and Baghdad–where they are shaking up politics and calling for an end to corrupt governments.

America has already fired Trump

They make him irrelevant. Politics happens around him, despite him. He’s not literally gone, but he might as well be.

Comeuppance for the unindicted, domestic, rogue terrorist – and ex-president

“I disrupt foes like any warlord,/ Back me or face the next civil war.”

Socialist Labour Party candidate Jeremy Corbyn closes 20% poll gap to deny Tories a...

It’s an astonishing reversal of fortune, and also a lesson in the importance of standing up for ordinary people.

Going backwards on rights with Trump

Or are we going in circles?

The chicken and the egg

President Donnie Trump has named some doozies to his cabinet and one that stands out as threats to humane and healthy food is Scott Pruitt.

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14: A new era for the oceans?

The health of the oceans is vital for the survival of all humanity.