Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “A narrative is emerging. It is that the new meritocratic aristocracy has come to look like every other aristocracy.” — David Brooks, “The Strange Fa... Read more
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 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 “It already feels as though we are living in an alternative science-fiction universe where no one agrees on what is true. Just think how much... 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/ 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/ A reluctance by Liberals since the Reagan administration to target the wealth divide and the economics that creates it can be traced to its own inve... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “[I]f thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.” — Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil Over many years teaching and writi... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “[T]he aims and objectives of war would immediately shift to “the arteries that make money.” — Erik Prince to Tucker Carlson on Tucker Carlson Tonig... 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. [...]
