Wednesday, May 28, 2025

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.

The disaster of Andrew Cuomo and New York’s pandemic response

If the failures of this pandemic have taught us anything, it’s that when we finally come out of it we need a new normal.

The Illusion of Freedom

This deception will exist as long as we “stay in our place.” Once we call out power for what it is, once we resist, the chimera will vanish. The iron fist of history’s most sophisticated security and surveillance apparatus will assert itself with a terrifying fury.

Bernie and the Big Banks

The bottom line: Regulation won’t end the Street’s abuses. The Street has too much firepower. And because it continues to be a major source of campaign funding, no set of regulations will be tough enough.

The GOP’s Love Affair With Its ‘Earthquake in a Box’

Breaking up is hard to do and Republicans just can't seem to quit their presumptive presidential candidate.

The Incredible Shrinking Populist: Donald Trump’s Tiny Economic Vision

Donald Trump is all talk and no action. In the end, he’s just another selfish and small-minded Republican, with tiny dreams and a tiny vision in a nation that is still capable of greatness.

The art of the Trumpaclysm

How the U.S. invaded, occupied, and remade itself.

Chicago’s Taxpayer-Funded Ode to Robber Barons

Even though George Pullman was a feudalistic 19th-century profiteer, he considered himself a beneficent employer as he suppressed the wages of his factory workers. In current times, is our tax money going to finance a monument for his greed?

Will the Democratic Nominee for 2016 Take on the Moneyed Interests?

While it's evident that the Democratic nominee for President will campaign on reviving the American middle class, it's time the nation has a leader who can take on the moneyed interests responsible for the worst wealth inequality in modern American history.

The main obstacles standing in the way of America achieving true greatness

America has arrived at a crossroads. Taking the right road will lead this nation to greatness. Taking the left, the wrong road, will keep America going in the current misguided direction; and greatness will be unattainable.