How the Super-Rich Will Destroy Themselves
The super-rich could prolong life for all of us, including themselves, if they recognized the need to support a strong society.
Donald Trump’s greatest allies are the liberal elites
Democratic party elites know that if corporate money disappears, so do they.
The Santa Ana by Joan Didion
Written by Joan Didion, The Santa Ana ("Los Angeles Notebook"/Slouching Towards Bethlehem) was published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1965.
Five Great American Hypocrisies
Which of the American 'exceptionalism' is most outrageous and destructive? Paul Buchheit discusses the top five hypocrisies of the super-patriots willing to overlook their own faults as they place themselves above other people.
The shame of the Sacklers
As Paul Hanly, a leading attorney in the case, told the Guardian, “this is essentially a crime family … drug dealers in nice suits and dresses.”
The Specter of an American Police State Looms Over America
When this powerful law enforcement entity fully emerges then all the talk about the 2nd Amendment and the right to “Keep and bear arms” will become irrelevant because we will all be living in an American police state.
Signs of a Dying Society
While Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning and John Kiriakou are vilified for revealing vital information about spying and bombing and torture, a man who...
Why a Tax on Wall Street Trades is an Even Better Idea Than You...
Wall Street claims that the tax would burden small investors such as as retirees, business owners and average savers. Wrong.
Why Bernie Needs To Take Satan’s Advice & Create An Un-Christian Coalition
In this week’s Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Election Crimes Bulletin, Dennis J. Bernstein and Greg Palast explain how Bernie can take a tip from Satan’s playbook and seize this moment to create one hell of a powerful a movement!
Exit polls vs machine counts or, how you might rig a primary
These kinds of large disparities between the exit polls and the machine counts might be dismissed as an anomaly but so many cases in so many states should probably have raised alarm bells.