Published on http://truth-out.org I declined my recent invitation to join the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, which came in the form of conservative Dinesh D’Souza’s tweet: “... Read more
Published on http://sensesofcinema “The risk of a drift toward oligarchy is real and gives little reason for optimism.” Thomas Piketty (1) “So what do you think, now that the whole world wan... Read more
Published on http://truth-out.org “McDowell County, the poorest in West Virginia, has been emblematic of entrenched American poverty for more than a half century. John F. Kenned... Read more
“Instead of raising the bar in pursuit of objectivity, the current working group doubled down on its 2007 summary: It unfurls a series of distortions designed to magnify the threats, i... Read more
The economics of immiseration would be impossible without the politics of seduction, and capitalism’s appeal to our unconscious will to power and domination is not easily countered.... Read more
High-speed internet response, millions of Google responses to our searches, a growing number of colorful Apps on our phones and an amazing computer memory capacity may support buying... Read more
The phone call centered on a former law clerk of Justice Alito’s. In the eyes of the Trump team, the clerk still needed to prove his loyalty to the president-elect. [...]
As Ms. Wiles heads to Washington, the view in Trump World is that the president-elect’s closest aide and veteran strategist has a better chance than anyone. [...]
The Pennsylvania Democrat is the first senator in his party to announce a meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump, a sign of the political times as the Republican trifecta is about to begin. [...]
At a pomp-filled state funeral, mourners paid tribute to Mr. Carter and argued that he was a more successful leader than many remember. “It’s time to redeem his presidency,” a former aide said. [...]
A three-judge appeals panel will decide whether the plea deal Khalid Shaikh Mohammed reached to avoid a death-penalty trial remains valid. [...]
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s advisers have spent months trying to identify a disease that will help them build their case for closing the border. [...]
