Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.” — Oscar Wilde In his contribution to The Nation’s specia... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “disorganization is a kind of anesthesia” Jenny Holzer, Truisms Following our 2016 U.S. presidential election, I am more than ever convinced that th... Read more
After rejecting a G.O.P.-written plan to keep federal funding flowing, Democrats released a counteroffer that would add more than $1 trillion in health spending. [...]
The seating chart at the state dinner for President Trump was a cross-section of the rich and the powerful hoping to get on his good side. [...]
President Trump has long sought to imbue the nonpartisan idea of civics — the rights, responsibilities and duties of citizenship — with his politics. [...]
Some Republicans are starting to worry that the issue of health care could cost them politically. [...]
In using the nuclear option, John Thune has turned a Senate precedent on its head, defying his reputation as an institutionalist. [...]
Former President Barack Obama said the job of an American president was to “remind us of the ties that bind us together.” President Trump apparently disagrees. [...]
