Monday, July 13, 2026

When public officials get rented out by corporate power, the people lose

Such deep betrayals of public trust should not be rewarded with plum executive branch jobs.

Republicans ready to use violence to seize greater power and control

Politics is a dirty business here in America and the last thing we need in this country is a political war in which people are physically harmed.

Washington’s Military Addiction

But don’t bother to blame the politicians and national security nabobs in Washington for this. They’re addicts. They can’t help themselves.

Must climate change dinosaurs go extinct before getting started on serious eco-energy reforms?

The entire resource/energy problem is as simple to understand as it is hard to resolve.

Williams Incident: Reagan and Bush Lied About Military Records but Got a Pass

Many conservatives are currently criticizing NBC nightly news anchor Brian Williams for embellishing an experience he had at the beginning of the Iraq War. These same conservatives, however, continue idolizing Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush who “embellished” a lot of stories in wartime.

Trump’s ultimate crime: Defiling our vital story line

The only way we resurrect our positive story is to incinerate this fake one, to reject hatred and racism, white nationalism and smug, tribal complacency. That targets Trump and Republicanism.

‘Astonishing’ Texas legal Win tops decades of clean-water heroism

Precedents Set: Big $$ Penalty Fueled by Key Citizen Evidence

 Sometimes, unstoppable anti-pollution champions must get their feet...

Improving public education

As we know, education has become ever more expensive over the last 40 years. Teachers' salaries have declined, and school expenses have risen.

Independent impeachment & emoluments scrutiny essential—or Trump II looms

Until strict categories about impeachment or emoluments, let alone lying, are enacted, with strong penalties levied by independent commissions, the uncivilized barbarians among us will wreck havoc.

From the kingpins of private equity, a new dagger to democracy

Profit maximizing in the newspaper industry is corroding the knowledge base that sustains government by the people.