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/ “The critical question is: When, or will, Trump’s voters realize that he isn’t delivering on his promises, that his health care and tax proposals wi... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “The Senator was vulgar, almost illiterate, a public liar easily detected, and in his “ideas” almost idiotic, while his celebrated piety was... 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 wonder if the battle lines drawn over Trump are deep into personalities to the point that we are missing the movement of intellectual history goin... 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
The party held onto two key seats in Loudoun County that will allow them to maintain control of the state’s legislature. [...]
The men said that, by reducing their sentences to life in prison, President Biden’s act of clemency could hurt their appeals. [...]
Voters are going to the polls on Tuesday in three special elections for the legislature that will serve as barometers of political energy for both parties. [...]
The White House has discussed a possible swap with the Taliban for a prisoner at Guantánamo Bay, according to people familiar with the matter. [...]
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s news conference at Mar-a-Lago was a reminder of what the next four years may have in store. [...]
Justice Department lawyers are defending the defense secretary’s decision to back out of the agreement that avoided a death penalty trial, moving the question from military to civilian courts. [...]
