Friday, August 21, 2026

Why we evolved to dream at night and what dreams mean

We forget most of our dreams. So why do we have them?

10 good things that happened in 2025

Let's look back on 2025 as the year movements for peace and justice freed political prisoners, slowed the war machine, and helped turn the public against endless wars.

How agave agroforestry can restore drylands and strengthen climate resilience

The agave-powered agroforestry and livestock management system is an example of how native desert plants, cultivated as part of an agroforestry system, can regenerate drylands and provide inexpensive animal feed, taking pressure off overgrazed rangelands.
A South Korean armored vehicle crosses a bridge built by US and South Korean engineers during the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise. Photo: U.S. Army 2ID by Spc. Cheyenne Mayer (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Is Donald Trump Good for the Korean Peninsula?

North Korea ultimately prefers the predictability of Russia and China to the unreliability of the United States.

If winning is everything, why are hardcore MAGA still locked in—blind to gushing failures,...

Like the double sucker denying he’s been conned, MAGA says “thank you” after being fleeced. What MAGA got is an emotional escape value and theatrical echo chamber—sans benefits.

While distancing from AIPAC, most 2028 Democratic hopefuls are still embracing Israel

“The unbreakable U.S.-Israel bond” continues to take a horrific toll as the U.S.-Israel military alliance rampages through the region.

My conversation with Karl Marx about Donald Trump

The dialogue between Norman Solomon and Karl Marx debated if Trump's power derived from individual action or underlying class relations.

Program on climate change—and then the heat hits

Extreme weather events have come with fury. Ocean warming is unabated and the sea level rise is accelerating. There’s urgency.

How technology is rewriting the way we write

As keyboards and touchscreens replace pens and pencils, the decline of handwriting raises questions about cognition, culture, and creativity.

Trump debased his own primary, slurred party foes & stole the election. What! No...

That my thought experiment won’t happen, indeed fail badly, reinforces a party going full speed towards a cliff without looking up from its insular "party favors."