What American media won’t tell us about the Putin and Xi meeting, part I
China’s moves in the Middle East and apparent endorsement of Putin’s imperialist goals in Ukraine necessitate a response from the West.
Kindergarten quiz time! Want a violence-prone, tantrum-throwing, fundamentalist minority in charge – or incremental,...
Top to bottom, Rethuglicans are on parade, leaving neither the vicious means nor the unholy ends to the imagination.
Inauguration day: Letter to a Trump voter
Here’s one thing we can already agree on: With this inauguration, our nation and our world are about to change forever.
What’s certain about results of the presidential election
While we don't know who the next president will be, some outcomes of the election can be foreseen.
Who won in 2016? Big money.
Neither Clinton nor Trump took on the role of corporate mega-donors this election.
Bertrand Russell and Ban the Bomb
Bertrand Russell's keen insights into the destructive potential of a nuclear war drove him to campaign for the complete elimination of these weapons of mass horror.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine reports on space nuclear propulsion
National Academies report urges nuclear-powered rockets for trips to Mars and lays out "synergies" in space nuclear activities between NASA and the U.S. military.
You’re not so different from an octopus: Rethinking our relationship to animals
Animal whisperer, Sy Montgomery, argues that we share greater similarities than differences with our fellow animals, and that fact should make us re-examine our relationships with them.
Trumped up tantrums boomerang, fully affirming election legitimacy plus dividing the right
How do even smarter politicians than Trump defend themselves against being slammed as anti-democratic, majority-hating Betrayers of Legitimate Elections?
Will the left leverage today’s stock surge/unemployment gap shocker?
Fat cats play the system like hungry lions stalking prey. The progressive challenge is to educate more voters how our predatory system helps the rich get richer.