Sunday, July 12, 2026

The invisible candidate and the progressive lion

As Americans on the progressive left might have expected, the one politician who is responding with the seriousness and the kind of reassuring competence that his fellow citizens need in such a difficult time, is Bernie Sanders.

America, the Exceptional, the indispensable nation in the world? Pure fantasy

Sorry to say, America Is not the model for the world.

Do you need luck to get really rich?

A little ruthlessness, Elon reminds us, can go a long way.

72-Year-Old Fringe Left Candidate Wins Presidency in Austrian Run-Off Election — Is There a...

Austrians just elected a crusty 72-year-old leftist as their country's president in a surprise result that saw both their major mainstream party's candidates crushed. Could a crusty 74-year-old leftist named Bernie Sanders pull off the same feat here in the US, running as a Green candidate if Hillary Clinton gets the Democratic nomination?

Will the center hold as elections descend to a war between gut grievances vs....

While Trumpian individualism now equates with rank criminality, social activism fosters greater collective prosperity, opportunities and growth for all.

Conspiracy theorist in chief: Trump lie about 2 million illegal votes is only the...

Trump’s conspiracy theories were so attractive that they won him the election. They could even win him a second.

2019 in review: Endless Trump and the rise of radical environmental action

In terms of raising awareness, despite powerful people from the U.S. president on down denying its reality, more and more people throughout the world are taking action to force their governments to confront it.

What have we learned from COVID-19?

For I believe that this catastrophe should have taught us something about what is good and bad about life.

Why relentless enforcement will make or break the new NAFTA

Because if Mexico fails to relentlessly enforce the USMCA, the new trade agreement will be as big a failure as the old.

Supreme Court preserves college preferences for wealthy whites

In its recent ruling on affirmative action in college admissions, the Supreme Court’s conservative justices squarely came down on the side of race and class-based preferences—for wealthy whites.