Friday, March 13, 2026

Aetna Shows Why We Need a Single Payer

Two choice are emerging: one is a public single-payer system. The other is a hugely-expensive for-profit oligopoly with the market power to charge high prices even to healthy people – and to charge sick people an arm and a leg.

The eclipse of progressivism and the transatlantic return to the center

For the time being, the left and the movements powering it must organize online, support the struggles of low wage workers suddenly deemed ‘essential’ after being dismissed as unimportant for so many years and prepare for the struggles ahead.

The 4 syndromes of passivity in the face of pending tyranny

Taking action – demonstrating, resisting, objecting, demanding, speaking truth, joining with others, making a ruckus, and never ceasing to fight Trump’s pending tyranny – will empower you.

Now five men own almost as much wealth as half the world’s population

American billionaires all made their money because of the research and innovation and infrastructure that make up the foundation of our modern technologies.

Only as an irate “F-ck You” does the mystery clear: why Trump fiddled for...

How well America survives Trumpism depends on how well current efforts establish for all time who Trump was and what he remains.

The world according to Trump

The world according to Trump is becoming increasingly dangerous, in part because we are not doing our job.

Why the Shake-up at the Democratic National Committee Is Doomed

The DNC has to turn itself – and the Democratic Party – into a grass-roots membership organization, with local and state chapters that play a meaningful role in selecting and supporting candidates.

‘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...

Deterrents to Terror that Very Rich People Can’t Comprehend

Polls show that Americans are more afraid of a terrorist attack than at any other time since 9/11, even though the rate of violent crime has been consistently dropping since 1993.

8 Reasons Why Republicans Must Dump Trump

Republicans still have time to dump Trump. For the good of the country and the world, they must.