Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out. Contagion to this world; now could I drink hot blood, A... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org It’s probably unpatriotic and maybe treasonable to talk about American failures but they are now so glaring that some 12 minutes of read time seems p... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org Seldom do situations provide so much self-evident clarity that only few words are needed. We are now in such a situation or would be if what words me... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org We are a culture rift with hypocrisy. We like to say that power comes from The People but in both corporate and governmental sectors power asserts an... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “It is one thing to describe what was normal or obvious in a given time and place, such as the ‘naturalness’ of slavery … But it is another thing to... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org Ubu Roi (Ubu the King or King Ubu) is a play by Alfred Jarry. The title is sometimes translated as King Turd; however, the word “Ubu” is actually mer... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “Man makes his own history, but he does not make it out of the whole cloth; he does not make it out of conditions chosen by himself, but out of such... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “[T]he Republican fraud drumbeat could lay the groundwork for Mr. Trump and his supporters to reject the election results should he lose.” – Michael... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “Sadly, one can image someone – Trump?, Kushner? – calculating the trade-off between business and the human cost, and saying, “they are expendable.”... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “We can’t make a bad decision. Frankly, this is no time to act stupidly. Period. I don’t know how else to say it.” – Gov. Andrew Cuomo By the time th... Read more
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. [...]
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. [...]
Steve Witkoff’s involvement with two sovereign wealth funds as he bought and then sold Manhattan’s Park Lane Hotel demonstrates the potential conflicts his new role will present. [...]
The president-elect has named wealthy financiers for key economic positions, raising questions about how much they will follow through on promises to help the working class. [...]
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. [...]
The administration is pressing the World Anti-Doping Agency to allow an outside audit after it failed to suspend Chinese swimmers for positive tests. [...]
