Published on http://www.counterpunch.org I am completely half afraid to think. – Flann O’Brien Right now, walking about, conversing in your everyday life as an “Everyday American” you feel a... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org Words come to meaning within the context of expression, which is time and place. Call it the stage upon which actors –words – are confined. Maybe the... Read more
The Marketing of Algorithmic Transmissions “The algorithm, he said, was YouTube’s speech and distinct from what users had posted.” – New York Times, Feb. 21, 2023 If the algorithm is speech... Read more
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Published on http://www.counterpunch.org During the years 2018-2020 when the pandemic and Trump held our attention, I was caregiver to my wife of 50 years, Elaine, who had fought two bouts o... Read more
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NY Times – Politics
Nick Corasaniti, a politics reporter for The New York Times, explains how Democrats are aiming to gain a political advantage by appointing more state judges. [...]
Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor, has a long history of inflammatory statements. He has also called for weaving conservative religious beliefs into the fabric of government. [...]
More than a decade ago, before running for president, Donald Trump expressed interest in developing the same site in Belgrade that his son-in-law now plans to invest $500 million in rebuilding. [...]
The National Rifle Association argued that a New York official violated the First Amendment by encouraging entities to break ties with the group after the Parkland mass shooting. [...]
The comments, on a conservative radio program, echo an antisemitic trope and escalate claims he made as president that were widely criticized. [...]
The strategy has risks, especially in red states like Ohio. [...]