Saturday, June 20, 2026

Taking Back Our Finance System

A nationwide campaign, Take on Wall Street, is putting the people back at the table for a change.

Trump’s Russian hand

The dark cloud of illegitimacy continues to grow darker.

The tragic US choice to prioritize war over peacemaking

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. - Matthew 5:9

Merry Christmas: Right-wingers, the Red Pope and Jesus

Rationality doesn't seem to be included in the liturgy of right-wingers' political church.

We can’t fight climate change if we keep lying to ourselves

The inability to see what is in front of our eyes replicates the blindness of all past civilizations that celebrated their eternal glory at moments of precipitous decline.

Hogwash! That the US goes full banana republic by prosecuting endless Trump crime sprees

Any failure to indict the spate of Trump criminality signals the beginning of the end of America.

Using lunch to punish the poor

Nearly half of American school districts shame and stigmatize kids whose parents can't afford school lunches.

Hiroshima at 75: Health lessons still current

The devastating threats that atomic power poses to health still are a huge threat to humanity.

Cameron Is Cornered

The Panama Papers exposed how the British prime minister benefited from his father’s stealth wealth.

The Ethical Rot of Wells Fargo, From the Top Down

What's at work here is the ethical rot that now consumes America's entire corporate system.