Unforeseen
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org Men of factious tempers, of local prejudices, or of sinister designs,...
Dare to Say
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org I am completely half afraid to think. – Flann O’Brien Right now, walk...
Words Written at 80
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org Words come to meaning within the context of expression, which is time...
The Speech of Robots
The Marketing of Algorithmic Transmissions “The algorithm, he said, was YouTube’s speech and distinct from wha...
Civics 1.1: Structures of Feeling
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org War rages, horrid war Even in our bones; our double nature sou...
In a new kindle book, Occupying Here & Now: The New Class Warfare, I re-kindle a radical-in-theory approach to Occupy Wall Street. That approach is most likely most radical for represen... Read more
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
NY Times – Politics

The agreement was an extraordinary example of how the Trump administration has offered legal relief to those aligned with the president. [...]

Republicans and Democrats alike have criticized the Trump administration’s moves, taken to stabilize oil markets rocked by the war with Iran, warning that it is benefiting two U.S. adversaries. [...]

The temporary price increase, which would take effect on April 26, comes amid a spike in fuel prices tied to the war in Iran. [...]

Can any Republican disagree with Trump and get away with it? Thomas Massie’s primary race in Kentucky is a key test. [...]

The administration has yet to find a candidate who aligns with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda while avoiding his unpopular stance on vaccines. [...]

James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, said, “You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love you.” The pastor said he was calling for Mr. Talarico’s religious conversion. [...]





