Thursday, August 27, 2026

Trump’s perilous gamble: Act guilty, evade infamy; then ‘redeemed,’ lord over ‘lying losers’

How does a careening president, readily turning into Liar-in-Chief and under FBI scrutiny, reverse his humiliating situation?

From pseudo-democracy to real participation

True democracy is an expression of the brotherhood of man.

How Trump is abandoning workers

As long as the Trump administration hobbles OSHA, more American workplaces will become disaster zones and deathtraps

2020: The year anti-fascists became terrorists

When police in Buffalo pushed an elderly man to the ground during a Black Lives Matter protest, cracking his skull in the process, the president went on Twitter to rhetorically ask whether the injured man was, in fact, part of “Antifa”.

Forests are crucial to combating climate change—will Biden rise to the challenge?

Unsustainable logging by the forest products industry is driving massive carbon emissions.

Johnson does Downing Street: Booze, lies and playacting

Johnson is part of a privileged cozy class (Eton to Oxbridge to Whitehall) that feels themselves exempt from moral duties, social obligations and legal restrictions.

What Does Sanders Really Believe About Clinton?

To date, Sanders’ criticism of Clinton on this point is inferential, not specific.

Who are our Rescuers? Us!

This April, the Democracy Awakening and Democracy Spring are bring together a diverse coalition of labor, business, environmentalists, public interest advocates, media and issue-specific constituencies, along with you, me and thousands of mavericks.

Is frenzied religiosity a luxury that democracy, let alone civilized order can no longer...

Hypocrisy prize winner: a compassion-, life-inspired faith now hawks an intolerant parade of death trips  Though quests for religious...

Is Trump so desperate he’d risk getting shot to regain the White House? Without...

How can Trump end up looking like the dumbest, lyingest punk operative who ever escaped from the sneaky Naked City?