Wednesday, July 15, 2026

One year after Khashoggi’s brutal murder: Business as usual?

Heinous. Savage. Ghastly. It’s hard to find the words to describe the act of luring journalist Jamal Khashoggi into a Saudi consulate...

Trump has removed the heart and soul of the Republican Party. The GOP is...

Most of them feel that the party cannot be reformed but that a new party must be created with new ideas, a new agenda, and new directions.

Afghan crisis must end America’s empire of war, corruption and poverty

The United States can either stumble on in its fruitless attempt to control the world through militarism and coercion, or it can use this opportunity to rethink its place in the world.

The decline and fall of everything (including me)

What goes up must… Well, you know…

January 6 gave revolution a bad name

Even John F. Kennedy recognized that when confronted with extreme abuse of power, we are left with no alternative. 

A Tale Of Two Injustices: ‘lynching’ And Sexual Assault In California

Brock Turner, despite his multiple felony convictions for sexual assault, will likely get credit for good behavior and serve about 3 months.

The longer Trump lasts, the greater the damage, the more degraded is America. Is...

No politician survives endless, humiliating court cases (results or timing aside), and no third-rate PT Barnum fools more than a shrinking minority over time.

Donald Trump’s new nuclear instability

Donald Trump's finger on the nuclear trigger is a terrifying prospect.

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.

Why the Sharing Economy Is Harming Workers – And What Must Be Done

In a sharing economy all economic risk is shifted onto workers. Uncertainty is hard on everyone - it's time to shift to a more secure economy.