Here are some stories I’ve heard:The truth is that the rich get richer because they’re smarter and bolder than the rest of us. But do you want to know the truth? It’s luck not smarts because... Read more
Tim Burton’s movies mean what he wants them to mean. The devil in that sentence is that Tim Burton is not fond of meaning, or, to put it in an Alice-way, he sometimes believes in... 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
[A]n incarnate will to power … will strive to grow, spread, seize, become predominant – not from any morality or immorality but because it is living and because life simply is wi... 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
Poll results right now regarding collective bargaining for public employees are a whole lot clearer than usual: 60 percent are behind the protesters. But those results have already been flat... Read more
President Trump is pondering swift military action in Iran. There were similar expectations that the war in Iraq would be quick and triumphant. [...]
The state has been a leader in the rollback of L.G.B.T.Q. rights. [...]
The State Department is restarting the processing of visa applications from students and visiting scholars, but is screening for “hostility” toward the United States. [...]
As President Trump ponders involving the United States in Israel’s attacks on Iran, the G.O.P. faces a thorny question: What does “America first” really mean? [...]
The move is part of the Trump administration’s effort to defang and downsize the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. [...]
While some in the party denounced the Supreme Court’s decision, other top leaders remained quiet, underscoring the party’s discomfort on the issue. [...]
