Conservatives prime the pump of their conservatism through Fox News, the Wall Street Journal editorials, The New York Post, The Weekly Standard, The National Review, columnists like Peggy No... Read more
Although you will not see any mention of “choice” as an inalienable right in the U.S. Constitution or the Declaration of Independence, or find any philosophical certitude supporting our exub... Read more
In the end, this is a war first with ourselves. As long as we refuse to admit that we are not self-creating nor free to choose to be free to choose, this will be a war we cannot identify, a... Read more
Published on http://www.truth-out.org “Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.” -John Milton, Areopagitic... Read more
The conservative NY Times Op-Ed columnist David Brooks tells us that The People want both Democrats and Republicans to have a serious conversation about the role of government. It’s a repeat... Read more
So we note that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – call it the celebrity half of the spectacle of celebrity/commodity culture — wants to attract a young demographic, and, mark... Read more
In the logistics of Class Warfarin we greedily consume the tenets of a globalized technocapitalism, accept its savagery, including a resulting plutocracy and wealth gap that expands faster t... Read more
Why Americans are not upset by the steady siphoning of wealth from the many to the very few is a question that confounds, more confounding than probing into America’s love affair with... Read more
Like the poisoned rat, we can’t make a connection between our decline and our appetites, or, more precisely, what we’ve been fed that’s labeled ‘fair and balanced... Read more
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.” -John Milton, Areopagitica, 1644. “The mind is a dangerous thing.”... Read more
The Pacific nation, with a population of 18,000, overcame the resistance of governmental leaders and advisers, to sign a memorandum of understanding with the U.S., and will get additional aid in return. [...]
Democratic lawmakers, who had criticized the Justice Department’s release of the material, accused the Trump administration of violating the law mandating the release of the files. [...]
Muthoni Nduthu was one of two killed by explosions at an eastern Pennsylvania facility that was plagued by poor ratings, citations and fines from the federal government. [...]
The case against Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan refugee accused of killing one Guard member and seriously injuring another, was transferred to D.C. District Court, where new firearms charges could bring capital punishment. [...]
Accepting an argument from a law professor that no party to the case had made, the Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a stinging loss that could lead to more aggressive tactics. [...]
Recent U.S. actions against ships near Venezuela may embolden other countries to seize or detain ships, legal experts said. [...]
