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
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “We may regard the present state of the universe as the effect of its past and the cause of its future.” Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1814 Shelley... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ Facts Are there facts that have no alternatives? The molecular composition of the elements, speed of light and sound. And so on. This is the unargua... Read more
Published on http://bad.eserver.org/ HAMLET Denmark’s a prison. ROSENCRANTZ Then is the world one. HAMLET A goodly one; in which there are many confines, wards and dungeons, Denmark be... Read more
Prosecutors in San Antonio are putting human smugglers on trial, as legal avenues into the United States are closed off and dangers to undocumented migrants may be rising. [...]
The cost-cutting group removed hundreds of contracts from its “wall of receipts,” added back many of them, and inflated savings values. [...]
The real estate developer and president’s friend lacks diplomatic experience, but the new administration might view that as a plus. [...]
U.S. officials were in Moscow for talks, and the Russian leader said he was open to a cease-fire, but President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine expressed skepticism. [...]
Trade wars with allies could spiral as the president tries to get trading partners to back down from retaliation with new threats of his own. [...]
Trump administration lawyers asked the justices to limit the sweep of decisions by three lower courts that had issued nationwide pauses on the policy. [...]
