Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Trump’s lawyer arranged $130K payment to silence porn star before election

Trump allegedly cheated on his wife, Melania Trump, with the porn star in 2006.

Critical Global Challenges: Dems in Philly Fall Short

Philly demonstrated that, as of now, the Democrats lack the vision and will to surmount the major challenges of our times which, most simply, require choosing people over corporations.

Drowning the world in oil

Trump’s carbon-obsessed energy policy and the planetary nightmare to come.

On the precipice

Worlds end. Every day. We all die sooner or later. When you get to my age, it’s a subject that can’t help but...

Corporate tax avoidance is also scamming investors

US corporations have trillions stashed in tax havens, being kept away from taxation and shareholders.

The psychology of the wall

Wall are cropping up all over the world. But as with guns, the sense of safety and security that comes from a wall is almost entirely illusory.
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7 reasons why Trump’s corporate tax cut is completely nuts

Don’t fall for Trump’s corporate tax plan.

Senate Democrats should block all Trump Supreme Court nominee

Republicans did not let Garland Merrick come up for a vote. Why should Democrats allow someone else to?

What does an “America-first” foreign policy actually mean?

Putting the U.S. military first, second, and third.

Toxic Politics Versus Better Economics

One hopes that enlightened political leadership takes the reins in time to make the needed mid-course corrections voluntarily, before unambiguous signs of economic and financial crisis force policymakers to scramble to minimize the damage.