State of Collapse?
State of Collapse? by Alan Kanner 824 words Perhaps more Americans can offer our own version of the State of...
State of Collapse? by Alan Kanner 824 words Perhaps more Americans can offer our own version of the State of...
Hype, hypocrisy, and lying to the people by Tom H. Hastings 712 words Hypocrisy in high places Most folks are...
Kevin McCarthy’s pursuit of power put him into quite a predicament. He was willing to give up anything in concessions to pick up votes, but those who opposed him simply did not trust him...
Welcome, children, to the world we so-called adults are handing over to you—a planetary culture of lies and power...
Many of you have no doubt watched a video of Michigan state senator Mallory McMorrow’s forthright response to a far-right colleague’s attempt to paint her as a “groomer” for the LGBTQ community and a supporter of pedophilia.
In 1954 one of the greatest frauds in US politics culminated in 36 days of televised hearings. Sen. Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin had come to prominence by leading the campaign to expose communists in government...
Gas prices, propaganda, war, and politics by Wim Laven 562 words I come from oil country, so does House Minority leader...
What if we could stop war? What if we could stop Russia from invading Ukraine? Because of one man, Vladimir Putin, and his personal desire to grow an empire, an estimated 50,000 people will die if he invades, tens of millions if it snaps the nuclear tripwire.
When Richard Nixon died, those of us on the antiwar side of the barricades during his misbegotten presidency were driven to new lows of cynical despair by the image-washing...
A year ago, when I examined the lessons of hatred and political violence in the US, I made note of the ugly role dehumanization and hate played in the alt-right’s support of Donald Trump.
In my college days I was a conservative republican. I voted for Barry Goldwater, and Ronald Reagan. But I gave up on the party during the presidential election of 2008...
Hiroshima was “a military base.” The US atomic bombings “ended the war,” and they “prevented an invasion and saved lives.” Our government’s tests of atomic weapons on people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki 76 years ago...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was profoundly moved by injustice and inequality ubiquitous...
Everything that comes out of the White House today — the lies, the false claims of election fraud...
In what we can only hope is its terminal phase, the Trump administration is doing everything it can to make a mockery of American democracy.