Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.” — Oscar Wilde In his contribution to The Nation’s specia... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “You fool!” croaked the frog, “Now we shall both die! Why on earth did you do that?” The scorpion shrugged, and did a little jig on the drowning fro... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the rest is real, whereas all of Los Angeles and the America that surrounds i... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ Consider the various shifting winds at the backs of President-elect Trump, his Followers, clearly only vaguely defined but no less a real third enti... Read more
Published on http://www.truth-out.org/ “a single event can have infinitely many interpretations.” “disorganization is a kind of anesthesia” — Jenny Holze... Read more
Published on http://www.Bad Subjects.org/ “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.” Wm. Butler Yeats, “The Second Coming”... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “disorganization is a kind of anesthesia” Jenny Holzer, Truisms Following our 2016 U.S. presidential election, I am more than ever convinced that th... Read more
Published on http://www.truth-out.org/ “We see the anger, but we don’t see the mourning. I think these people are in mourning for a lost way of life, for a lost identity.... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ Whether by choice, hook or crook Donald Trump drops out of the presidential race, seething anger will not abate post-election. His “lewdness,” as no... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ By 2050—earlier, probably—all real knowledge of Oldspeak will have disappeared. The whole literature of the past will have been destroyed. Ch... Read more
Donald J. Trump is set to regain office without clarity on the scope of presidential immunity and with a lingering cloud over whether outside special counsels can investigate high-level wrongdoing. [...]
Facing diminishing public support, some activists say all-or-nothing tactics are not working. “We have to make it OK for someone to change their minds.” [...]
Natalie Harp, a 33-year-old former anchor on a right-wing cable show, is poised to become the gatekeeper for information to and from the president. [...]
The longest-serving Senate leader is relinquishing his post in the next Congress and planning to use his influence in ways that could put him at odds with President-elect Donald J. Trump. [...]
The president-elect’s pledge to use tariffs to stem the flow of opioids from China could backfire if Beijing responds by ending counternarcotics cooperation. [...]
Scientists study the flight of hummingbirds to design robots for drone warfare. [...]
