
Civics 1.1: Structures of Feeling
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org War rages, horrid war Even in our bones; our double nature sou...

Sharp Transformations
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “Every few hundred years in Western history there occurs a sharp tran...

Full Disclosure
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in” – First...

What is on the Horizon?
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “We shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all the people are up...

Death & Distractions
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org During the years 2018-2020 when the pandemic and Trump held our atten...

Populist-Epistemology
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org It’s probably fair in every quarter to say that our root problem righ...






Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “My own view is that however ferocious the current hour feels, American history tells us that the people, when properly engaged in politics, have alw... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org We are out of the Iran nuclear deal because nothing anyone said to President Trump proved anything to him. We saw this on day one when no amou... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “It seems like a bad dream,” — The New York Times. March 28, 2018 Former President Jimmy Carter, recently interviewed on the PBS Newshour repeated wh... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “Hope we’re not just the biological boot loader for digital superintelligence. Unfortunately, that is increasingly probable.” — Elon Musk Note that M... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org Okay, “sickos,” to use our president’s terminology, are always a “no brainer” when it comes to finding motive for crime. They did it; they’re... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory:... Read more
NY Times – Politics

The ruling compelling the lawyer, M. Evan Corcoran, to turn over documents came after a lightning round of appeals court filings overnight. [...]

The Florida governor and presumed G.O.P. presidential candidate previously described the Russia-Ukraine conflict as a “territorial dispute” and did not mention the Russian president. [...]

The Florida governor has never been the internationalist that some old-guard Republicans wanted or imagined him to be. A close reading of his record reveals how he might lead the U.S. abroad. [...]

The Biden administration announced a plan to modernize how patients are matched to organs, seeking to shorten wait times, address racial inequities and reduce deaths. [...]

Wyoming’s Constitution guarantees a right to make individual health care decisions. The new ban attempts to circumvent that right by declaring that abortion is not health care. [...]

Proposals for more scrutiny of the financial sector are meeting resistance from industry and Congress. [...]