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
Under pressure from senators in both parties, the Alabama Republican allowed more than 400 promotions to move forward, saying he would continue to block only the most senior positions. [...]
Legislation to send military aid to Ukraine and Israel was on the brink of collapse, after a briefing devolved into a screaming match one day before a critical test vote in the Senate. [...]
President Biden has portrayed a second term for Donald Trump as an existential threat to American democracy. [...]
Donald Trump, who has already promised to use the Justice Department to “go after” his political adversaries, is expected to install Mr. Patel in a senior role if he returns to power. [...]
Republican presidential candidates will gather in Tuscaloosa on Wednesday, at a moment when the state’s politics have new resonance on the national stage. [...]
With three new films on Netflix, Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground, is pursuing projects in different genres that aren’t always uplifting. [...]
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