Thursday, February 12, 2026

America’s Rubicon moment

Is Donald a duck?

How conservatives have laid waste to America for 50 years

Conservatism has made 'social' a dirty word. Here are some of the details of fifty years of damage inflicted on America

A Nation’s Shame: Trillions in New Wealth, Millions of Children in Poverty

With America leading in child poverty and nearing the bottom in education, it's hard to comprehend the thinking of people who cut funding for homeless and hungry children. But this resentment and disdain for society reaches around the globe.

Exit polls vs machine counts or, how you might rig a primary

These kinds of large disparities between the exit polls and the machine counts might be dismissed as an anomaly but so many cases in so many states should probably have raised alarm bells.

Will Biden’s America stop creating terrorists?

If the Biden administration really wants to stop fueling chaos and terrorism in the world, it must radically transform the CIA.

Complacency rules: Consumerism and the environment

Complacency and the refusal to change individual behavior and collective ways of living are stoking the underlying cause of the crisis—consumerism.

Russia and China’s dirty partnership

When the world's largest consumer of fossil fuels teams up with one of the world's largest suppliers, the planet is the biggest loser.

How Greenland was my Silicon Valley

Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland. Mainstream media strives to coat this nonsense in a veneer of rationality by citing Greenland's rare...

Elon Musk: visionary or billionaire troll?

Elon Musk is exhibit A in building the case that billionaires should be abolished.

Ecological citizenship and the United Nations sustainability development goals agenda

Reduction of inequalities and environmental protection  and responsibility must also be interconnected for the well-being of individuals and societies.