Complacency rules: Consumerism and the environment
Complacency and the refusal to change individual behavior and collective ways of living are stoking the underlying cause of the crisis—consumerism.
Insurgent extremists bet the farm, touting street terrorism, medical malpractice & law-breaking
Street violence offends the vast majority, and extremism doubles down the downside.
How Trump’s attempted coup could still succeed
Their point is to cast further doubt on its legitimacy and justify additional state measures to suppress votes and alter future elections.
Afghanistan and the Purdue Pharma case are reminders that the US is a failed...
The Sacklers said they wanted “global peace” from future lawsuits, and they got what they wanted. Meanwhile, in the failed narco-state they helped create, the war goes on.
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.
Is billionaire philanthropy a sham?
America doesn’t need their charity. We need them to pay their fair share in taxes.
Afghan crisis must end America’s empire of war, corruption and poverty
The United States can either stumble on in its fruitless attempt to control the world through militarism and coercion, or it can use this opportunity to rethink its place in the world.
All bets are off as Republican democracy killers concoct ever-scarier nightmares
While Democrats work at marginal political solutions, the radical right heads for the rocks, crying “full steam ahead.”
As our children head back to school, partisan politics threatens their learning and their...
America’s children shouldn’t be held hostage to a partisan political brawl. It’s time we focused solely on their learning and their safety.
No one should listen to Tony Blair on Afghanistan, here’s why
The former Prime Minister has no conscience at all and feels no guilt for all those maimed and lost in his wars of choice.