Amped-up Age of Anxiety weaponized into Age of Nostalgia
Today, alas, confirms the truth of Pete Hamill’s quip, “The most powerful force in American politics is not anger, it's nostalgia.”
How the Gaza war can be big news and invisible at the same time
The horrors in Gaza are being propelled by the U.S. war machine, but you wouldn’t know it from the standard U.S. media.
Biden vs. Trump: Whose economic plan is better for you?
A New York Times analysis found that since 1933, the U.S. economy has grown nearly twice as fast on average under Democrats.
With attack on Yemen, the US is shameless: ‘We make the rules, we break...
The United States government is the most powerful and dangerous outlaw nation in the world.
Magical thinking about Biden 2024 paves the way for another Trump presidency
Biden's approval plummets as key demographic support wavers: staffers voice concern over Gaza policy.
A chance to hold Israel—and the US—to account for genocide
As the first hearing approaches, Israeli officials have doubled down on explicit statements of genocidal intent behind the massacre in Gaza, while U.S. efforts to insulate itself from them remain unconvincing.
Not all ‘self-evident truths’ are created equal. Sleazy propaganda wars on truth.
The debate isn't whether government should deliver “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” but which self-selected tribe grabs the spoils and which doesn’t.
On Gaza, most Congress members have been moral failures. Don’t grade them on a...
Capitol Hill remains a friendly place for the Israeli government as it keeps receiving massive arms shipments courtesy of U.S. taxpayers.
Trump pardons promise the sleazy ‘total immunity’ escape-hatch that courts defy
What smart primary candidates stumble into self-destructive mode, immune from knowing smart pandering from dumb pandering.
The ultimate twosome
Nukes and climate change in 2024.