What BP’s Decision to Abandon the Great Australian Bight Says About the Future of...
The reality is that there are fundamental structural problems with BP’s and other oil majors’ growth-led business model.
The empire is going down
In some fashion, we now seem to be on a post-imperial planet in which—if only—the best approach would be: chill, baby, chill.
What we are missing
It is summer, I’m a teacher, nearly unpaid, and have the gift of prep time for fall classes. I’m also being indulgent...
Investigate the hackers – and ignore Trump’s chaff
Whatever his motives, it is hard to imagine a worse impediment to the nation's security than a commander in chief who ignores and politicizes intelligence.
Demagogue-in-Chief
The story of demagogues is as old as civilization. They have risen and fallen like the tides, always leaving in their wake misery, destruction and death.
The GOP’s attack on LGBTQ Americans, revealed
The tragic truth is that Don’t Say Gay Laws and health care bans will cause more young lives to be needlessly lost.
Biden infrastructure report pushes ‘disastrous water privatization schemes,’ watchdog says
"Instead of relying on Wall Street advisers, President Biden should support policies that will truly help communities."
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.”
This chart explains why Trump backflipped on tariffs. The economic damage would have been huge
The answer is simple: the economic cost to the U.S. was too high.
Why is the radical right still winning?
What that Protestant Reformation can teach us about the durability of far-right movements – and the order they seek to replace.