Saturday, October 31, 2026

Technology empires and the race to cement dominance

American and Chinese influence increasingly relies on technology services, and both powers are attempting to solidify their dominance even as other countries catch up.

Cowardly Republicans, frozen in fear of Trump, who can crush their careers.

Americans must fight back against those in this country who are committing treason when they try to destroy our Democracy and our Constitution.

Rage Against the ICE Machine

Trump’s ICE forces are facing militant and organized opposition everywhere they turn.

The triumphant politics of surfaces, blockading real knowledge, feeding victimhood, outlawry and corruption 

The Trump mania for gold-veneer, pompous arches or mammoth ballrooms speaks to his surface obsession, with crass showiness allergic to democratic values, nailed with this brilliant take-down “Trump’s Dictator Chic.”

A minefield in Gaza

Israel has turned Gaza into a dense, unmapped minefield.

Was the GOP sponsored shutdown crafted to provide cover for Trump as he neuters...

”If there’s no access to the courts–there’s no functioning government.”

Abundance 2029?

A skeptical look at the Democrats’ ‘abundance agenda,’ from housing shortcuts to AI hype and labor’s place in the plan.

The lab mouse paradox: Why science still depends on animals who don’t represent us

Despite significant advances in human-based research, millions of mice and rats are still used in U.S. laboratories each year—at immense ethical and scientific cost.

The quandary of contraries in human nature – half problem-solving genius, half destroyer of...

If we do not find common ground, then the ground of being on which we depend will dissolve.