Friday, June 19, 2026

Escalating the War on Low-Income Families

It may not improve much next year, if House Republicans have their way.

Will the riveting Trump death march resolve his wrecking ball politics? How long to...

Added to chronic campaign blunders, what happens when the plethora of trials, rife with damning testimony, dramatizes Trump's full villainy?

Are Baltimore’s Protests the Prelude to a Revolution?

Baltimore’s riots have become an uprising. The people have demanded to be heard, and now, the city, state and federal government have to listen. The real fight is just beginning.

Syria’s Aleppo falling: Moscow is a player in the region again

Russia’s success in shaping the outcome of the Syrian struggle has made Moscow a player in the region again for the first time since the fall of the old Soviet Union.

The ‘weavings’ of a wacko: The fakery of grinding Trump hokum into brilliance

“I never ramble, I only ‘weave,’”/ Thus doubling down ways to deceive.

The weaponization of food

Russia and Ukraine have come to an agreement on food exports. Will the deal hold?

Deviant Donald, self-destructive dictator

As explosive prices erase tax relief,/ Must one be rich to afford ground beef?

Who won in 2016? Big money.

Neither Clinton nor Trump took on the role of corporate mega-donors this election.

Hillary to Bernie: You Smear Me When You Tell the Truth

If you accept big money, you know it always comes with strings attached. The more big money you accept, the more strings, until no matter how much you resist, you end up dancing like a puppet on those strings.

Poetry: 4 12-liners for political times

It never occurs to us that we've come to appear much like the devils that we ourselves fear.