Monday, June 22, 2026

By his words and actions, Trump is facilitating, proliferating the spread of Covid-19

An American president must never again be allowed to fully manage a response to any pandemic. That responsibility must be assigned to scientists and other medical experts.

Empires are a secret until they start falling

As the US loses its position of global supremacy, we have an opportunity to fundamentally reshape what we as a nation represent.

As France Lifts Municipal Burkini Ban, Let’s Ask Why We Should Care What Other...

Islamophobic conservatives express outrage that Western progressives support Muslim rights that the conservatives want to curb. But progressives also support Sikhs, Haredi Jews and others who want to be different, as long as their being different doesn’t harm anyone.

Comic relief from Mike Pence, as if delusion, deflection, and cowardice will redeem lost...

Pence looks more like the walking, even staggering dead, having now neutralized his one and only courageous Senate action.

Josh Shapiro would be a dangerous choice for Harris running mate

A broad coalition to defeat Donald Trump and the fascistic MAGA movement is exactly what we need. Making Josh Shapiro the nominee for vice president is exactly what we don’t need.

Dear Joe

The time has come for a coalition, and that means being open, and honest, and doing the best for the country. So do it.

Comeback for truth? Criminal comeuppance for Trump’s reign of terror, impoverished for lying?

A tsunami of criminal indictments, buoyed by massive civil penalties – who cares then if Trump ends up a jailbird?
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Spurned reporters should dump Trump briefings and turn to investigative journalism

We need less advertising (or “public relations” in some versions), and a helluva lot more journalism these days.

Only the poor starve: Hunger in the time of COVID

The World Food Program (WFP) warns that, “millions of civilians living in conflict-scarred nations, including many women and children, face being pushed to the brink of starvation, with the spectra of famine a very real and dangerous possibility.”

Trump’s war on the courts, the press, and the states

Trump doesn’t want any resistance. He wants total control.