Saturday, October 17, 2026

Ivanka—Silence is Betrayal…and Judaism is More than Keeping Kosher

Consider Rabbi Heschel’s humble words on his return from the civil rights march on Selma; “I felt my legs were praying.”

The president is fooling himself. Is he fooling us, too?

If the occasional appearance of sanity is all we ask of Trump, then his reign of insanity will be our fault.

Will ambushed voters be so repulsed by MAGA’s war against America—systemic reform looks good?

Could tycoons not do any better than the farcical, dishonest Keystone Kops klutzes—Trump, Vance, Hegseth, Patel, Noem, Bondi, Ludnick and RFK Jr.?

Happy Birthday Medicare

Next week, Medicare turns 50—originally signed into law on July 30, 1965. While Medicare is so popular, it continues to be blamed for America’s present and future budget problems when actually it's the greatest solution.
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Chris Hedges and Noam Chomsky: How the US became an oligarchy that makes war...

Chris Hedges talks with Noam Chomsky on the state of affairs in America and hope for the future.

Building a mass movement to stop mass killing

It’s time to universalize resistance.

The next subprime loan crisis

Wall Street is siphoning billions of investment dollars into high-risk, subprime auto loans.

Rising politics of intolerance and the need for unity

Division in any form, including nationalism, and competition go against human nature.

Robert Reich: The House now has a Constitutional duty to impeach Trump

This may not be the practical political thing to do. But it is the right thing to do.

Mother Earth vs. capitalism, private property & rapture fundamentalists

The great insight from the last century or so: imperial powers profit more from exploiting natural resources than bashing foreign heads.