Sunday, April 26, 2026

The Trump-Mamdani show was amazing. But downsides for Progressives could turn out to be...

Trump and Mamdani found each other newly useful last Friday. Only later will we know who was more effectively using whom.

Warfare over healthcare: It’s necropolitics all the way down

This is not just an abstract dilemma that many households are facing; it is necropolitics in action, the state-sanctioned power to decide who lives and dies.

Priceless teaching moments from the last five presidencies, especially today’s craziest, most corrosive

Character matters because that’s the best future predictor; career success matters because past is prologue; competence matters because gross negligence is catastrophic.

Bluewashed: How the beauty industry sold an ocean-friendly illusion

As consumers flock to “reef-safe” and “ocean-friendly” skincare, beauty brands are selling a vision of ocean purity that is more marketing-driven than science-based.

What does it say when unprecedented buyers’ remorse smites 23 suckered MAGA millions, appalled...

The hypnotic spell over deluded centrists, especially minority young men who confused make-believe strength with genuine, positive strength, will go down as the greatest electoral scam in our history.

Human gene editing and the CRISPR revolution

CRISPR-based technology is advancing rapidly, driving international competition. Its promise to transform medicine is colliding with political and social realities, even as applications expand.

How Trump’s immigration dragnet harms all US workers

In all, the nation has so far lost more than a million foreign-born workers amid Trump’s mass deportation campaign.

Different battles, same struggle: The US war on China, Venezuela, and the international left

We must remember that these are not separate crises, but different fronts of the same struggle. And to resist one is to resist them all.

Voter backlash defies MAGA’s anti-reality hokum, entrapped by its own BS, rip-offs, venom &...

Trump promised unremitting revenge but that is a sharp, merciless two-edged sword about to redound on him and MAGA.

Earth’s Greatest Enemy shows us we have no choice

A review of Abby Martin's new documentary, Earth's Greatest Enemy.