Voices for Change

96 American special forces are patrolling a checkpoint in the middle of Gaza, as Palestinians return to their homes in the north. If the history of American mercenaries tells us anything, then this could be deadly.

How much of Donald Trump’s directive on U.S. tariffs imposed on nations all over the world—that in recent days has caused a stock market loss of trillions of dollars—is a result of his not being very bright?

There should be more sympathy for Assange and the outlet he founded in corporate media.

What if unintended consequences lead not only to breakthrough positives but destructive means and machinery by which humanity can do itself in?

The merciless attacks on low-income health care programs effectively condemn thousands of people to an early death.

You’d think today’s majority, rebuffed twice in 16 years with two wingnut, minority presidents, would rage against the non-democratic, distortion-laden Electoral College. You’d think that hapless, vision-less Democrats would crusade against what put dim Dubya, then crazed, scatter-gun Trump in power.

This freeze is a bad idea, but there will be more where this came from.

The good, if grim news about Trump and Gianforte is how readily exposed are their moral, legal and leadership defects – already instant late-night laughing stocks for having acted scandalously without penalty (so far).

It is a mistake to brush off a primary with huge significance.

The American people deserve better