Saturday, August 22, 2026

How Americans became poor

If we want to create a vibrant middle class, we have to abandon slogans and simplistic solutions and understand the bigger picture.

The Real Terrorists: The .01%

Real terror, facing life without shelter and warmth and sustenance, without a semblance of security for even one day in the future, is terror caused in good part by the 16,000 people who don't feel it's necessary to pay for the benefits heaped upon them by a perversely unequal society.

Israel is committing an epic war crime with US backing and arms

Where is the U.S. peace movement and the U.S. public outrage?

What’s certain about results of the presidential election

While we don't know who the next president will be, some outcomes of the election can be foreseen.

How much ego-serving cataclysm must MAGA Trumpism wreak—before fierce adversaries resist?

Looking older, bedraggled and more deranged, Trump is running out of laws, rules, thresholds, institutions, alliances and Congressionally-mandated programs to burn down.

What we can learn from Gen Z workers

Rather than blame young workers for bad attitudes, we need to understand why Gen Z prioritizes its well-being over company health—and learn from them.

What the Air Force doesn’t want us to notice on election night

While everyone’s attention will be on who our next president will be, the U.S. Air Force will test-launch an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile with a dummy hydrogen bomb on the tip from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Super Bowl for the Rich: Upper-Class 91, Middle-Class 9

The super-rich team tries to convince us that all is well with America's economy. Because to them, it's all a game and the middle-class keeps losing.

Are Bernie-ites following Biden?

I was quite shocked yesterday afternoon when I learned that an African American state representative in Georgia was endorsing Trump. Is this...

Looming fascism and the question of hope

Let’s make the most of it, no matter how much hope we have. What we need most of all is not optimism, but determination.