How does Santos the phony phony differ from Trump the genuine phony?
Imitating Trump’s illusion of invulnerability does not protect one against self-destruction.
How Congress loots the Treasury for the military-industrial-congressional complex
How the conjunction of dysfunctional military leadership, an ever-growing arms industry and a Congress that keeps handing them trillions of dollars, constitutes the full flowering of President Eisenhower's greatest fears for the future of the United States.
Uncle Sam wants… your social security check
A Texas Republican, who's ready to retire with a nice pension, wants to cut Social Security benefits for everyone else by up to 69 percent.
How badly will Trump trash the GOP? Truly, ‘Everything he touches dies.’
With the inevitability of Greek tragedy, Trump’s fate is not for me a mystery: he will go down, and hard, and the only question that remains: will the hijacked Republican follow suit?
A Tale Of Two Injustices: ‘lynching’ And Sexual Assault In California
Brock Turner, despite his multiple felony convictions for sexual assault, will likely get credit for good behavior and serve about 3 months.
Clinton Must Go Bold – and Go Left – For VP
Hillary Clinton needs to show voters that she can make bold choices. She must embrace the populist moment and the electorate’s yearning for change if she is to fend off Trump’s insurgent challenge.
The US killer drone program stays afloat on the back of lies and Pentagon...
A wrongly targeted Afghan aid worker and his family are among the latest casualties.
Five ways Trump’s “news conference” wasn’t a news conference
It’s another example of Trump’s attempt to control the media.
Must Democrats stay centrist or go progressive, plus find savvy messaging, to regain estranged...
It's time for Democrats to kick Trump while he's down—repeatedly.
Why relentless enforcement will make or break the new NAFTA
Because if Mexico fails to relentlessly enforce the USMCA, the new trade agreement will be as big a failure as the old.