Published on http://www.counterpunch.org It’s probably fair in every quarter to say that our root problem right now is being able to see where problems are, which views of problems are right... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “The Map is not the territory.” – Borges “It is not down on any map; true places never are.” – Melville A fractal state of the psyche is mirrored in... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org The Warming Planet “The United Nations released an exceptionally bleak report today, which warns that, at the current pace of greenhouse gas emission... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “And here, sitting upon London stone, I charge and command that, of the city’s cost, the pissing-conduit run nothing but claret wine this first year... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “My own view is that however ferocious the current hour feels, American history tells us that the people, when properly engaged in politics, have alw... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “Imagine it is the spring of 2019. A bottom-feeding website, perhaps tied to Russia, “surfaces” video…” Henry J. Farrell and Rick Perstein, “Our Hack... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ A reluctance by Liberals since the Reagan administration to target the wealth divide and the economics that creates it can be traced to its own inve... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “[I]f thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.” — Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil Over many years teaching and writi... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “I speak of this incontestable truth: the social world is certainly the work of men; and it follows that one can and should find its principl... 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
NY Times – Politics
The Biden administration has been caught by surprise when partners like South Korea and Israel have acted against U.S. interests and principles. [...]
Past U.S. presidents have used their holiday messages to inspire the nation to face hard times by coming together. President-elect Donald J. Trump had his own idea. [...]
Treaties ratified by the Senate in 1978 established permanent neutrality, but some Republicans regret that decision. [...]
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. [...]
The bird of brown and white feathers has long represented the United States as a majestic and soaring symbol, but only this week did a law make it official. [...]
The self-help author has twice run unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination. [...]