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/ “The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.” — Oscar Wilde In his contribution to The Nation’s specia... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “disorganization is a kind of anesthesia” Jenny Holzer, Truisms Following our 2016 U.S. presidential election, I am more than ever convinced that th... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “People are so amazed that other people could have a different opinion from them that they don’t want to hear it.” — Robert Bonfiglio, quoted in Nat... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “The evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. The people do not want virtue, but are dupes of pretended patriots.” — Elbridge Gerry, 1... 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
President Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on metal imports. The move is expected to raise costs for U.S. manufacturers of cars, solar panels and other products, potentially slowing the economy. [...]
Elon Musk has signaled he wants to make some donations not just to his own super PAC, which is called America PAC and has spent heavily on President Trump in the past, but to an outside entity. [...]
Representative Keith Self of Texas insisted on calling Representative Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, “Mr. McBride,” and adjourned the session when challenged about it. [...]
President Trump has spent years bashing electric vehicles. But with Elon Musk by his side, he said he would buy a bright red one. [...]
Slater, a longtime Washington lawyer, has been particularly critical of power in the tech industry. [...]
More than two dozen G.O.P. members of the House and Senate called on the International Olympic Committee to align its eligibility rules with President Trump’s transgender sports ban. [...]
