Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “The Map is not the territory.” – Borges “It is not down on any map; true places never are.” – Melville A fractal state of the psyche is mirrored in... Read more
Miguel A. Cardona, a career educator from Connecticut, will lead the Biden administration’s efforts to reopen most of the nation’s schools shuttered by the coronavirus. [...]
Strengthening the country’s highways, bridges and broadband networks has broad popular support, but Washington remains bitterly divided on the details. [...]
Despite falling from power in Washington, the Republican Party has done little soul-searching or reflection on a new agenda, instead focusing on attacking Democrats and the news media. [...]
Several justices seemed concerned that judges should have been appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. But there was no consensus about how to fix that flaw. [...]
A former Isis fighter once complained to me that western volunteers who travelled to the so-called Islamic State in northeastern Syria were a burden because they did not speak Arabic,… [...]
Acrimony and recriminations continue to swirl around the 2020 presidential election. Three out of four Republicans believe that there was “widespread fraud” in the election, while Democrats have sought to… [...]
Might the United States, home to the world’s wealthiest people, sometime soon sport a tax on wealth? Media outlets the nation over have begunspeculating on just that question. But many… [...]
Caligula was by all accounts a nasty piece of work. During the nearly four years that he ruled over the Roman empire in the first century CE, Caligula was notorious… [...]
“There is … only a single categorical imperative and it is this: Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become… [...]