Published on http://www.counterpunch.org Ask yourself how somebody like Donald Trump ever gets within cheating distance of the Oval Office in the first place. – Pete Buttigieg, Second Democr... Read more
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Ten years ago I was invited to an “Eve-of-420” event It was at a club in San Rafael called Terrapin Crossroads, launched by Phil Lesh of Grateful Dead fame. There [...]
In the Middle East, the perception of ordinary Americans has long followed a familiar script: detached, uninformed, inward-looking, and politically shallow— a society of ‘gas guzzlers’, with little grasp of [...]