Conservatives prime the pump of their conservatism through Fox News, the Wall Street Journal editorials, The New York Post, The Weekly Standard, The National Review, columnists like Peggy No... Read more
Although you will not see any mention of “choice” as an inalienable right in the U.S. Constitution or the Declaration of Independence, or find any philosophical certitude supporting our exub... Read more
In the end, this is a war first with ourselves. As long as we refuse to admit that we are not self-creating nor free to choose to be free to choose, this will be a war we cannot identify, a... Read more
Published on http://www.truth-out.org “Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.” -John Milton, Areopagitic... Read more
The conservative NY Times Op-Ed columnist David Brooks tells us that The People want both Democrats and Republicans to have a serious conversation about the role of government. It’s a repeat... Read more
So we note that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – call it the celebrity half of the spectacle of celebrity/commodity culture — wants to attract a young demographic, and, mark... Read more
In the logistics of Class Warfarin we greedily consume the tenets of a globalized technocapitalism, accept its savagery, including a resulting plutocracy and wealth gap that expands faster t... Read more
Why Americans are not upset by the steady siphoning of wealth from the many to the very few is a question that confounds, more confounding than probing into America’s love affair with... Read more
Like the poisoned rat, we can’t make a connection between our decline and our appetites, or, more precisely, what we’ve been fed that’s labeled ‘fair and balanced... Read more
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.” -John Milton, Areopagitica, 1644. “The mind is a dangerous thing.”... Read more
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. [...]
In an interview, Roy Cooper spoke about his legacy, how to appeal to Republicans and Democratic speculation that he might run for Senate or for president. [...]
The self-help author has twice run unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination. [...]
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 Treasury secretary urged Congress to protect the full faith and credit of the United States by raising the debt limit. [...]
