Saturday, May 16, 2026

Real, intact ‘walls’ impede the reactionary Trump/GOP in their tracks

Happy news. What the first six months show us, both about Trump and Senate leadership, is they remain their own worst enemies.

Clinton’s Crumbling, Bernie’s Surging and a ‘Political Revolution’ Could Be in the Offing

There is something big happening in the American body politic and in this presidential campaign. Bernie Sanders has touched a nerve and his campaign has gone from a quixotic experiment to a contest to a movement, and there may be no stopping it at this point, though Clinton may try.

Why America Recoils From Trump

Like Washington and Lincoln, FDR would have regarded Trump and all that surrounds him as abhorrent.

How America can better care for its veterans

Veterans deserve a system of care that serves them as reliably as they did the nation.

The Other Charlies

In the wake of the violence in France, people from around the world expressed solidarity with the victims, and with the people of France. Although the world leaders posed for a photo op to show they were there, it was the people who led the day.

The most appalling, ‘Black Nazi’ nominee looks to hand over North Carolina, thus the...

So, hats off to extremist NC primary voters who endorsed this absurd, super-MAGA bigot, managing to put in play among the greatest backfires in American political history.

The Post’s Wrong-headed Attack on Bernie Sanders’s Health Plan

The Post attacks Sanders for failing to have a “plausible” plan for plugging looming deficits as the American population ages.

A Breakdown of the Top Foreign Policy Points in Obama’s Speech

While he slighted foreign policy during his State of the Union speech, President Obama has avoided new conventional wars. Here are a few other foreign policy highlights worth underlining.

No Denying It, Climate Change Is Happening Now

The level of denial is simply appalling. It appears increasingly unlikely that humanity will prove capable of confronting and addressing the self-destructive climate-change catastrophe that it has created.

Killing Ragheads for Jesus

It's debated that the movie, “American Sniper,” showcases despicable aspects of U.S. society—our gun culture, blind adoration for the military and innate privileges as Christians. Does the movie cater to a "deep sickness rippling through our society?"