Thursday, July 16, 2026

To clean up the planet, clean up Washington

Doing so will remove long standing barriers that have slowed and blunted climate action.

Pelosi and McConnell: Cranking up bipartisan madness for NATO

Only public education, activism, protests and a wide range of political organizing have the potential to disrupt and end the reflexive support for NATO in Washington.

Trump’s 100 days: U.S. air campaign hammers Yemen with almost a strike a day

The MOAB arrived in Afghanistan before the inauguration, on January 13.

Water Water Everywhere…

I just interviewed former World Bank staff member and geopolitical analyst Peter Koenig via telephone at his home in Geneva. Koenig had...

Imagine Cruz as President

Ted Cruz is getting a head start on all the other wannabes seeking the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. But can this nation really "imagine" him as president? He will be just another fool for the history books.

‘I don’t believe it’s too extreme:’ Republicans hope to pass near-total abortion ban in...

Lawmakers have clearly stated that their goal is to get the topic in front of the Supreme Court, currently boasting a conservative majority, to legally overturn Roe V. Wade and outlaw abortion altogether.

Troika fever

So settle into your seats folks and prepare to watch the empire swallow the republic whole.

John McCain: Obama Is ‘Directly Responsible’ for Orlando Shooting

He didn't mention guns. Then he tried to backtrack his statements.

Trump is a William McKinley Protectionist, Not a Bernie Sanders Populist

Trump’s brand of protectionism doesn’t move America and the world forward. It turns the clock back to the Gilded Age. Don’t buy the con.

Billionaire-backed group enlists Trump-supporting citizens to hunt for voter fraud using discredited techniques

The Voter Reference Foundation is putting the nation’s voter rolls online while making unsupported claims suggesting election fraud. The group’s funding can be traced to a Super PAC funded by the CEO of Uline.