Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “Nothing happened to them. There wasn’t some awful disaster. There wasn’t a war or a famine or a plague or a foreign occupation. Even the economic c... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind” So, we have a clear view of the Republican Party reaping their whirlwind: Donald L. Trump. Those w... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “If you’re playing in a game where the rules turn out to be rigged, you need to change the game.” — Institute for Policy Studies, “Game Changers,” T... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ In answer to that question raised by Lewis Carroll through Alice, Justice Antonin Scalia would answer with a firm, outsized “NO.” Justice Sca... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “Obama’s basic approach is to promote his values as much as he can within the limits of the situation. Bernie Sanders, by contrast, has been so blin... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “[W]e don’t know how to deal with rumors. Rumors that confirm people’s biases are now believed and spread among millions of people. . .We ten... Read more