Friday, November 13, 2026

For Trump, words are stupid things

As language takes a beating from the president, a book about Churchill and Orwell reminds us how potent skilled rhetoric can be.

FEMA had a plan for responding to a hurricane in Puerto Rico – but...

The disaster-relief agency, under fire after Hurricane Maria, won’t release the plan, even as a comparable document for Hawaii remains public.

2 or 3 things I know about Capitalism (with apologies to Jean-Luc Godard)

We either struggle and strive, by and any and all means, to end the system -- or it will end us.

Trump administration wants to charge $70 entrance fee for national parks

The Trump administration's new proposed budget plan increases funding for dirty energy development on public lands, while cutting everything else.

7 reasons why Jeff Flake is awful on climate change and energy justice

Here are seven reasons why Jeff Flake has been awful on the issues which, for humanity in the long run, arguably count the most.

Trump’s nuclear dreams

Nightmares past and present.

Leading Democrats are way behind the public on health care

60 percent of Americans support single payer health care. So why is the party leadership dragging its feet?

Khizr Khan and the wisdom of Gold Star families

"If it was up to Donald Trump, [my son] never would have been in America."

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.”