Why the white working class rebelled: Neoliberalism is killing them (literally)
The rage of these workers accounted for the unpredictability of the 2016 election, since they voted in very large numbers for Donald Trump.
Trying to explain the disdain for poor Americans
The costly and dysfunctional state of health care in the U.S. shows the absurdity of entrusting basic human needs to the narcissistic tendencies of capitalism.
Elizabeth Warren’s baggage
Is Elizabeth Warren a true progressive? Her history shows some inconsistencies.
A New Year wish for Donald Trump
Happy New Year, Mr. Trump. You have 20 days in which to learn how to act as a president.
The decline and fall of the American Empire
Will our leaders squander America's only hope for a successful transformation from a decadent and declining empire to a dynamic and prosperous post-imperial future?
Demagogue-in-Chief
The story of demagogues is as old as civilization. They have risen and fallen like the tides, always leaving in their wake misery, destruction and death.
Trump’s requiem: “And now the end is near, and so I face the final...
I wrote this article about the end of the Trump presidency earlier this year. Now, based on the stunning revelations that have surfaced about...
Why is there increasing poverty in America?
We pretend that we are a fair and equal culture. And yet we let rampant greed take over.
Orwell, radioactive pigs, Godzilla, and, of course, Trump
George Orwell is not the only journalist to turn iconoclastic prophet.
Media complicity is key to blacklisting websites
In media and government, the journalists and officials who enable blacklisting are cravenly siding with conformity instead of democracy.