Unforeseen
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org Men of factious tempers, of local prejudices, or of sinister designs,...
Commander in Chief of Grift & Extortion
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. – Robert F. Kenn...
When an Electorate Becomes an Audience
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org In his rambling address to 800 Flag officers of the U.S. military, Pr...
The Angry Dualism of U.S. Politics
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org It was necessary to begin thinking that there was no centre, that the...
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...
For preventing the poor, wage workers, the un-gentrified and Mother Nature from being a burden on the Alpha class of the country and for making them beneficial to the publick. “I have... Read more
Published on http://www.truth-out.org The closer your political platform gets to allowing everyone to do as they want and at the same time pointing out and berating what’s interfering... Read more
The New Treasure Island for Investors “This government’s [England] whole strategy for higher education is, in the cliché it so loves to use, to create a level playing field that... Read more
“The society that loses its grip on the past is in danger, for it produces men who know nothing but the present, and who are not aware that life had been, and could be, different from... Read more
Published on http://bad.eserver.org/ The question of what remains of JFK’s legacy now, fifty years after his death, or, the question of whether we are as divided now as to what JFK... Read more
Published on http://bad.eserver.org/ “I set out to grasp the mechanisms of the effective exercise of power; and I do this because those who are inserted in these relations of power, wh... Read more
NY Times – Politics

But two vulnerable Republicans joined Democrats in the effort to force President Trump to win authorization from Congress, in the latest sign of G.O.P. jitters over the war. [...]

John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, is the highest-ranking official in the Trump administration to visit the country. [...]

Although at odds over issues like trade and Taiwan, the U.S. and Chinese leaders met in Beijing with a show of friendly gestures. [...]

The finding was the second time in eight days that the Trump administration had targeted a major medical school over admissions policies. [...]

Adm. Brad Cooper’s testimony suggested that he believed that the U.S. military had been near perfect in avoiding civilian casualties. [...]

New research claims that bipartisan primaries have broad societal benefit, but opposition is growing, and Louisiana voters this weekend will participate in the state’s first closed primary since 1978. [...]




