In U.S. political talk, Iraq is often treated as a “finished chapter.” The invasion is history, the occupation is history, and even the war against ISIS is presented as something [...]
“If poor people knew how rich rich people are,” Chris Rock once quipped, “there would be riots in the streets.” So, I wonder, what would average taxpayers do if they [...]
By mid-2025, the United States once again finds itself confronting a political paradox. President Donald Trump—once the central pillar of support for the working class, economic nationalists, and opponents of [...]
Over the past eleven months, the White House has enacted many questionable, if not contemptible, policies. They include the pardoning of convicted criminals (most recently, the Honduran drug king Juan [...]
Trump first announced his massive tariffs on “Liberation Day,” which was April 2. This was supposed to be the beginning of the United States rebuilding its manufacturing capacity. Since Liberation [...]