Published on http://www.counterpunch.org Divisiveness “Narrative,” the word, is in its political heyday. Politicians need to assert their narrative before their opponent does it for them. Th... Read more
As savvy as he could be volatile, he advised Nancy Pelosi and Dianne Feinstein, ran for mayor of San Francisco and bought The San Francisco Examiner. [...]
A federal judge raised questions about the government’s handling of the subpoenas, which The Times said were an attempt to intimidate the free press. [...]
Senator Bill Cassidy, who is believed to hold the deciding vote in the Senate health committee for Dr. Erica Schwartz’s confirmation, had declined for days to say whether he would back her. [...]
Israeli officials embraced the possibility of normalized ties, but analysts said the U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal nonetheless remained bad for Israel. [...]
I remember the day the Washington Post’s sale was announced. It was August 2013 and I was with my friend Tony Norman at our regular falafel haunt on U Street [...]
The seizure of Max Blumenthal’s phones shows how the war on Iran and the border-security state can turn foreign conflict into domestic repression. More The post Trump’s Back Door Into [...]
The World Cup is a photographic image of the world, but it is overexposed. It is blurred though the filters of nationalist propaganda and individual heroics. At play are all [...]
I happened to look at the Case-Shiller house price index, and I was struck by something that seems to be getting very little attention. It’s falling. This is noteworthy because [...]
President Trump had a golden opportunity this month: using his power as leader, or more properly misleader, of the the world’s richest nation to convince the Fédération Internationale de Football [...]