
Any Questions?
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org The way a question is asked limits and disposes the ways in which any...

The Zeitgeist of Mad Logic
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “The marvellous logic of the mad which seems to mock that of the logi...

The Politics of the Street-Corner Wiseass
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org Assessing the damage President Donald J. Trump’s street corner smart...

Reading the Lunacy Level
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “Gentlemen, Chicolini here may talk like an idiot, and look l...

The Game is On
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “We’re flooded in shit, and we’re still searching for a way to...

Calling on Don Corleone
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org How did President Trump get Big Pharma to “equalize” their prices wit...






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
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “It already feels as though we are living in an alternative science-fiction universe where no one agrees on what is true. Just think how much... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “Imagine it is the spring of 2019. A bottom-feeding website, perhaps tied to Russia, “surfaces” video…” Henry J. Farrell and Rick Perstein, “Our Hack... Read more
NY Times – Politics
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Dr. Susan Monarez told senators at a committee hearing on Wednesday that the health secretary had hurled false and hurtful accusations about the nation’s health agency. [...]

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