Saturday, October 17, 2026

Convention? What convention? It’s a coronation

We are in the midst of an existential political crisis, one that too many Americans blithely shrug off because they do not—or cannot—believe the kind of power seizures, purges, and police-state repression that has happened in many other countries can ever happen here.

“The madness of militarism,” the 2023 Ellsberg lecture by Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon reflects on 'the madness of militarism' in the Ellsberg Lecture

Overtime: Finally, a Break for the Middle Class

There is finally a bit of good news for hard-working Americans—the U.S. Department of Labor just proposed raising the overtime threshold. More than a million workers will soon get a raise.

Is Donald Trump Really a ‘Fascist’?

Is Trump a real live fire-breathing fascist? The majority of citizens have no use for Trump and Trumpism because it isn't the solution to "make America great again."

Is Donald Trump the second 9/11?

Or is he the third?

Priciest US weapon, the F-35, just attacked one of world’s most primitive fighters, the...

Why did the US military have a vertical-take-off F-35B launched from an aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean make an attack on a Taliban position in Afghanistan?

6-month update for Trump voters

So after six months, has he delivered what he promised you?

Underfunding labor & delivery: A national disgrace that discriminates against women’s & babies’ rights...

Is getting born any less of a right than the “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” set piece that buttresses our opening national gambit?

A Tale of Two Grandmothers

Mary Anne Grady Flores was wearing a scarf on the day she went to prison—but not for protection from the snow.

California briefly runs on 97% renewable energy, showing a future in which oil and...

If anyone is listening, what we really need is national financial instruments allowing families to pay off solar panels over time.