Thursday, October 8, 2026

Should Henry Kissinger Mentor a Presidential Candidate?

Now that many Americans, particularly young ones, are hearing the name of Henry Kissinger, they should learn some other reasons why Kissinger would not make a good mentor.
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How the corporate takeover of American politics began

Powell’s memo argued that the American economic system was “under broad attack” from consumer, labor, and environmental groups.

Are Sanders and Warren throwing a lifeline to the military-industrial complex?

Without a genuine commitment to peace and disarmament, the next president will find him- or herself caught in the same bind as Obama and Trump.

Talon Anvil, Task Force 9 and the terrible cost of the air offensive in...

Subsidizing militarism in search of monsters overseas seems more and more like the American way. With the new focus on near peer competitors like Russia and China, the dangers are only growing.

Why We Need Democratic Socialism to Fix Our Educational System

Children aren't products to be bought and sold. The profit motive should end at the front door of the public school.

IRS grabs the money

The IRS never was user friendly; the trouble is, it’s getting worse.

A Harris win cements 2016 as a bizarre, fascistic, anti-status quo outlier. A Trump...

When Harris wins, we remind the world, despite appearances, that uninformed clods who tolerate serial shootings, intolerant fundamentalists, white supremacists, and anti-immigrant pogroms are not in charge.

Facile answer to made-up MAGA blight

Bottomless is this vicious pit –/ No lunacy they won’t commit.

Do Western Nations Care about Yemeni Lives or Saudi Blood Money?

The time for review and mild statements of condemnation is over.

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.