Published on http://www.truth-out.org In traditional analog media, PBS NewsHour wonders – as if newly arrived on the planet Earth – what may be the cause and meaning of a Baltimo... Read more
“Mitt Romney is a rich man, but is Mitt Romney’s character formed by his wealth? Is Romney a spoiled, cosseted character? Has he been corrupted by ease and luxury? The notion is preposterous... Read more
Double Troubles When the third series of the UK’s Misfits becomes available on Hulu on 19 December, viewers might be reminded of the old Carry On! Films. In its latest incarnation, the serie... Read more
In Which We All Have Parts “Novation”. the title of the new Fringe episode, is an obsolete word for “innovation”. to make something new or to renew. It’s an apt word for Fringe, because this... Read more
The Existing Conditions I believe this is mandatory – to set the surrounding scene of present existing conditions – even if one is dealing with a TV show about a Hell’s Angels-like club of b... Read more
For Americans, the aughts began with the fearful Y2K and ended on Christmas Day 2009 with a terrorist attack, thankfully failed, on board a plane from Amsterdam to Detroit. Call these ‘macro... Read more
Perhaps this lone vigilante Dexter, who cleans up—that is, ritualistically kills and dismembers the mess that our system of justice creates and cannot clean up itself—and who constrains his... 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. [...]
