Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “Every few hundred years in Western history there occurs a sharp transformation. Within a few short decades, society ─ its worldview, its basic value... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “We shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all the people are upon us so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have underta... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “[S]ocial media had provided a breeding ground for fanaticism, authoritarianism, and nihilism. It had also proved to be easily manipulated, not least... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “[L]anguage is traded and valued as performance. Effectiveness, not truth-value is the rule for language in the sphere of communication. Pragmatics,... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “I can’t tell you how many people are saying Trump’s saying what I’ve been thinking all my life.” “Most of them [Biden voters] are morons.” “That V.P... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org Mussolini’s Italy in its undisciplined, messy totalitarianism couldn’t effectuate the kind of state and personal transformations that Hitler’s nation... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org While the sphere of finance is ruled by algorithms that connect fractals of precarious labor, the sphere of life is invaded by flows of chaos that pa... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “In any given culture and at any given moment, there is always only one ‘episteme’ that defines the conditions of possibility of all knowledge, wheth... Read more
Ron DeSantis entered the presidential race last week along with Tim Scott, with others to follow. For the former president, the more candidates the better. [...]
A judge is expected to rule as soon as this week on whether the new law banning “adult cabaret” in front of children is constitutional. [...]
The deal to raise the debt ceiling bolsters President Biden’s argument that he is committed to bipartisanship, but it comes at the cost of rankling many in his own party. [...]
The California Democrat is surrounded by a large retinue of aides at all times, who tell her how and when to vote, explain what is going on when she is confused, and shield her from the press and public. [...]
The justices will soon rule on race-conscious admissions plans at Harvard and U.N.C. A new appeals court case asks whether schools can use race-neutral tools to achieve racial diversity. [...]
With the right and the left up in arms about the agreement in principle reached by the president and the speaker, both sides started to make the case for its quick passage, a tall order in Congress. [...]
Nothing Sacred
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org What’s globally known is that we are in check by the Coronavirus pandemic. Also globally known is that President Donald J. Trump holds nothing sacred... Read more