Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “My own view is that however ferocious the current hour feels, American history tells us that the people, when properly engaged in politics, have alw... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “It seems like a bad dream,” — The New York Times. March 28, 2018 Former President Jimmy Carter, recently interviewed on the PBS Newshour repeated wh... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org Okay, “sickos,” to use our president’s terminology, are always a “no brainer” when it comes to finding motive for crime. They did it; they’re... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory:... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “Imagine it is the spring of 2019. A bottom-feeding website, perhaps tied to Russia, “surfaces” video…” Henry J. Farrell and Rick Perstein, “Our Hack... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ What we find strange has much to do with how we are positioned and the viewing perspective we have from that position. For example, women offended b... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ Eighty two percent of the wealth generated last year went to the richest one percent of the global population, while the 3.7 billion people who make... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ We live in a “worlding” (according to Heidegger how we experience a world as familiar) of our own accomplishments, defeats, intentions and assumpti... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ What if social media is hit with a wave of explosive, realistic-looking viral videos whose authenticity can’t be confirmed? It’s highly unlikely tha... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ In the delineation of differance everything is strategic and adventurous. Strategic because no transcendent truth present outside the field of writi... Read more
In 2020, he moved to ban the Chinese-owned app. Now, he is opposing the Biden administration’s effort to do just that. [...]
The Biden administration’s consideration of three proposed tribal casinos in California and Oregon has touched off a fierce debate about tribal sovereignty and land rights. [...]
The president-elect took no position on the app’s First Amendment challenge to the law, which sets a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or close the popular platform. [...]
Democrats wanted to end the electability debate. After Vice President Kamala Harris’s defeat, a conversation that has frustrated and foiled two generations of female candidates rages on. [...]
He said in an interview that he had used the visas for skilled workers “many times.” But he has mainly used visas for unskilled workers like housekeepers. [...]
Marc Fogel was convicted of drug smuggling and sentenced in 2022 to 14 years in prison by the same court that handled the case of Brittney Griner. [...]
