Tuesday, April 7, 2026

The case for Palestine

Uncovering the history of ethnic cleansing and U.S. complicity behind Israel’s assault on Gaza.

A potentially world-ending president

(Though who even notices?)

Will artificial intelligence (AI) only serve billionaire dominance—or end up educating, even dispelling lies?

Potential AI benefits for the people won’t come easy and there’s never a free lunch for truly mind-boggling new gadgetry with enormous potential.

Too Big to Fail, Too Dangerous to Ignore

There’s only one way to protect the global economy from the dangers of too-big-to-fail banks: Break them up.

The liberal arts are not disposable

A spinoff of a forthcoming book from Johns Hopkins Press about the value of the liberal arts.

The Case for More Immigrants

The number of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. has fallen in recent years. Could it be that we need more immigrants, not less?

Atomic Bill and the Payment Due

The play is “a true story about media manipulation at the dawn of the Atomic Age and the New York Times reporter who sold his soul to get the story.” 

History tells us…there’s hope

The answer to “who can save our country?” is in the mirror.

Live by phony conspiracies, die by real conspiracies: Truth crawls from a swamp of...

On top of six months of popularity-killing blundering, reality is outing Trump—blowing apart obsolete fix-it moves.

States are doing a terrible job enforcing laws meant to protect farmed animals

Lack of law enforcement leads to needless suffering for sentient beings.