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
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “I speak of this incontestable truth: the social world is certainly the work of men; and it follows that one can and should find its principl... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.” — Socrates We now seem divided into the exasperated, the fearful and trembling, the threatened, the vindicated,... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ Let’s consider two quotes: “To interpret is to determine the force which gives sense to a thing.” Gilles Deleuze, Nietzsche and Philosophy “To opini... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “I dwell in possibility.” — Emily Dickinson We cannot read the future but we can read the present. Both the probabilities and possibilities that wha... Read more
Published on http://www.truth-out.org/ Privatization of all things public has slammed Detroit as gentrifying investors seek to put price tags on what was previously public domain. In predato... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “People are so amazed that other people could have a different opinion from them that they don’t want to hear it.” — Robert Bonfiglio, quoted in Nat... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ Joseph Natoli “…an instinct of destruction directed against the external world.” Freud, The Ego and the Id, 1923 “Death is a tough... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “Each of the Republican candidates for the presidency declared last week that we should deal with school shootings by providing aggressive tr... 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. [...]
