The unbearable heaviness of fealty to the Trump horror show
Collective downsides will persist until the Grievance Gang accepts that god-given white privilege, let alone its preposterous messiah, won’t dominate governance.
How corporate media has put the American public in a state of Ukraine-Russia psychosis
“[p]sychosis is a condition that affects the way your brain processes information. It causes you to lose touch with reality. You might see, hear, or believe things that aren’t real.… It can be triggered by… extreme stress or trauma.”
Why Isn’t Everyone In Favor of Taxing Financial Speculation?
Wall Street Insiders who trade on confidential information unavailable to small investors don’t improve the productivity of financial markets. They just rig the game for themselves.
The speech that Biden should give: ‘I’ve changed my mind’
Will an announcement that President Biden will not seek or accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for president in 2024 be made?
Can we still find common ground?
Without a shared sense of common good, there can be no “we” to begin with.
Inside China-focused Congressional hearings, panic, paranoia, and hypocrisy reign
China is not a threat because it’s threatening our security—China is a threat because it’s successful.
After Paris, Imagine the Children of Syria
The recent attacks on Paris are terrible, but is indiscriminate retaliation only fueling the flames of terrorism?
The Nincompoop Caucus Sets a Record
Lawmakers are doing all they can to eliminate healthcare coverage for people on Obamacare. Republicans have voted more than 56 times to take away health coverage for previously uninsured people. This is absurd.
Going to the Daytime Emmys
There was once a literate public. This is gone now, replaced by a vast burlesque.
A Deere in the spotlight
Deere's licensing scheme is an artificial, corporate-imposed, private "law" that will squeeze independent shops out of business.