Friday, October 2, 2026

Can Congress Really Use Insider Information to Trade Stock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HXpLyg-iVg Members of Congress use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed...

The code behind the far right’s success

Forget the deplorables and focus instead on the persuadables.

United States in 2025: Social problems denied via rhetorics of refusal

The gross inequality of wealth and income in the United States and the global exposure of billionaires’ power over government.

Syrian roulette

As Trump’s presidency unravels will he grow more desperate?

The case for impeaching the 45th president

This unprecedented state of affairs calls for unprecedented action, namely the conviction and formal removal of the 45th president who refuses to concede that he is no longer president.

We are all deplorables

The oligarchs and corporations, many of them proponents of political correctness, are our enemy.

Merry Christmas: Right-wingers, the Red Pope and Jesus

Rationality doesn't seem to be included in the liturgy of right-wingers' political church.

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.

Sustainability is not as new an idea as you might think—it’s more than 300...

Modern sustainability evolved from forest management of the 18th century, and its ancient roots go back even further. Could it help with today’s climate crisis and lumber shortage?

The Pain of Modern Life: Loneliness and Isolation

Our current socio-economic order way of living in this world is not how humans should be. According to Mohandas Gandhi, “all humanity is one undivided and indivisible family,” and without this sense of community, we are left feeling lonely and lost.