Blog 17 May 2016 Trump Card: The Bully Who Exposes Our Bully Nation By Charles Derber and Yale Magrass photo above: by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels WN: There is much on this website about America's--and… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Feb 2023 Book Review of: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Book Review of: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Kristin Kobes Du… Editor No Comments
15 Feb 2023 Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Book Review of: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Kristin Kobes Du… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 Dec 2020 National Security Experts Warn Trump “Is Promoting Terrorism” National Security Experts Warn Trump “Is Promoting Terrorism” The president’s post-election incitement expands on a tactic he has long used:… Editor No Comments
Blog 10 Sep 2018 Reinforcing US Status as ‘Bully and Hegemon,’ Bolton to Threaten ICC Over Probes into America’s War Crimes Human rights advocates decried the Trump administration's attack on the International Criminal Court as "another low point" in its effort… Editor No Comments
Blog 18 May 2016 Donald Trump Defends Bullying to Megyn Kelly, Advising Her to “Fight Back” 10 Times Harder By Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout Further to Donald Trump and the United Stats as consummate bullies. (See… Editor No Comments
Blog 18 Jul 2022 Focus On: Mapping Militarism 2020 by David Swanson May 6, 2020 WN: The article highlighted below represents a brilliant and multiplex presentation of the worldwide… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Mar 2022 What Goes Around . . .: Big Oil and Gas Kept a Dirty Secret for Decades. Now They May Pay the Price. Chris McGreal Wed 30 Jun 2021 photo above: Loïc Manegarium Communities are now demanding the oil conglomerates pay damages and… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Oct 2021 Engagement With “Frances Haugen: ‘I never wanted to be a whistleblower. But lives were in danger’” Dan Milmo Global technology editor October 24, 2021 WN: Now this is wonderfully gracious theology from Frances Haugen: Because the… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Oct 2021 Interaction With “The CIA: 70 Years of Organized Crime” September 22, 2017 by Douglas Valentine – Lars Schall photo above by Tom Thai | CC BY 2.0 WN: Welcome… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Jul 2021 The war inside the Canadian Armed Forces By Marie-Danielle Smith July 8, 2021 illustration above: by Anna Minzhulina WN: Military. Police. Prisons.((See here also.)) All are rife… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Oct 2019 Crises in Iraq and Haiti Expose the Failure of Militarized Neoliberalism It should be no surprise that the new governments installed by all these U.S. wars and coups are among the… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Aug 2018 The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Caribbean August 24, 2018 Slavery… Editor No Comments
Blog 03 Jul 2017 Worried About Those Global Cyber Attacks? They Were Started by Washington Worried About Those Global Cyber Attacks? They Were Started by Washington The notorious US spy agencies invented this monster, first… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Oct 2016 An Open Letter to Michelle Obama, October 13, 2016 WN: A friend reminded me, in response to that below, that none of us in the first world is… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Aug 2016 Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism September 26, 2014 by CHARLES R. LARSON WN: There is someone of my acquaintance who rails against the US Black… Editor No Comments
Blog 26 Jul 2016 There’s No Business Like the Arms Business photo above: A mural near the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran. ( Editor No Comments
Blog 10 Jul 2023 It’s Seven Grandkids, Mr. President Opinion By Maureen Dowd Opinion Columnist July 8, 2023 photo above: One of the photos Lunden Roberts posted on Instagram… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Feb 2023 Extensive Commentary On: What white Christian support for Trump reveals about systemic racism By Robert P. Jones | November 12, 2020 WN: Beyond tragic the pullquote to the right, this means four-fifths of American… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Oct 2022 Thoughts On: The GOP Is a Cultish, Destructive Fascist Organization—Not a Legitimate Political Party Thom Hartmann October 12, 2022 image above: WN: This is indeed tragic for our neighbours to the south; and Why… Editor No Comments
Blog 14 Sep 2022 Long Live Imperialism?!–Thoughts On: Queen Elizabeth II and The End of Britain’s Imperial age By Ishaan Tharoor, with Sammy Westfall Email photo above: akdenizpazar.com WN: While true that Queen Elizabeth "was perhaps not privy… Editor 2 Comments
Blog 03 Sep 2022 Commentary On: The seeds of Biden’s democracy speech sprouted long before the Mar-a-Lago search By Sam Stein, Eugene Daniels and Jonathan Lemire 09/03/2022 WN: Of The Prison of Democracy: Race, Leavenworth, and the Culture… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Aug 2022 After decades in GOP, Colo. senator says: ‘We need Democrats in charge’ By Jonathan Edwards August 23, 2022 image above: Longtime Republican Colorado state Sen. Kevin Priola, left, announced his decision to… Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Jul 2022 How Trump World pressures witnesses to deny his possible wrongdoing By Rosalind S. Helderman, Josh Dawsey and Jacqueline Alemany June 30, 2022 image above: Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to… Editor No Comments
Blog Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump clash with police officers in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis 23 Jan 2022 Reflections on: The American polity is cracked, and might collapse. Canada must prepare Thomas Homer-Dixon Special to The Globe and Mail Published December 31, 2021; Updated January 2, 2022 photo above: cbsnews.com WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 Aug 2021 Empire or Humanity? By Howard Zinn Posted on August 15, 2021 image above from the Movie Poster: The Fall of the American Empire… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Jul 2021 War Criminal Donald Rumsfeld Found Dead at 88 by Phyllis Bennis July 1, 2021 photo above: Then-US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld addresses a press conference at the… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 Feb 2021 The Prognosis October 2020 | Pandemic By David Cayley WN: There are recent posts and others here, that inform you about David… Editor No Comments
Blog 10 Oct 2020 James Murdoch, Rebellious Scion Increasingly uncomfortable with News Corp’s politics and profit motives, Rupert’s younger son chose chickens and sheep over Fox, and insists… Editor No Comments
Blog BAYONNE, NJ - MAY 3: A wind blown American flag at the Tear Drop 9/11 Memorial flies over the skyline of New York City as the sun sets on May 3, 2020 in Bayonne, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) 16 Aug 2020 The Unraveling of America by Wade Davis August 6, 2020 Wade Davis holds the Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Jun 2020 An Open Letter To Joe Biden Dear Mr. Biden. If I might be so bold, I wonder about connecting some dots at this incredible kairos moment… Editor No Comments
Blog 31 May 2020 Cornel West Says ‘Neo-Fascist Gangster’ Trump and Neoliberal Democrats Expose America as ‘Failed Social Experiment’ WN: Please see in light of the title this outstanding article by Canadian Wade Davis: The Unraveling of America. 1.… Editor No Comments
Blog 23 Mar 2020 Beyond the Economic Chaos of Coronavirus Is a Global War Economy Beyond the Economic Chaos of Coronavirus Is a Global War Economy By William I. Robinson, Truthout March 23, 2020 photo… Editor No Comments
19 Jan 2020 Book Review of Christianity and Pluralism, Ron Dart and J. I. Packer, Lexham Press, 2019; 70 pages Book Review of Christianity and Pluralism, Ron Dart and J. I. Packer, Lexham Press, 2019; 70 pages WN: This brief… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Jan 2020 Itching for a brawl To interpret the latest round of US-Iran tension, here is some history you need to know by Ken Sehested WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog Ranking Member Devin Nunes (L), Republican of California, speaks with Representative Jim Jordan (C), Republican of Ohio, and Republican Counsel Stephen Castor (R), during the first public hearings held by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence as part of the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump, with witnesses Ukrainian Ambassador William Taylor and Deputy Assistant Secretary George Kent testifying, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., November 13, 2019. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS - RC2HAD9JPDQ7 14 Nov 2019 The Exposure of the Republican Party The Exposure of the Republican Party The GOP will not be a great or good party until those who lead… Editor No Comments
Blog 17 Oct 2019 Our Mad Dog President—and His Bible-Thumping Kennel Pals Published on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Common Dreams by Michael Winship The White House theocrats may be the biggest danger… Editor No Comments
Blog 26 Jul 2019 Puerto Ricans Demonstrate How to Oust a Corrupt Leader Jul 25, 2019 Opinion | TD originals Sonali Kolhatkar photo above: Puerto Ricans gather in San Juan to celebrate the… Editor No Comments
Blog 23 Jul 2019 Editorial: The politics of division stripped of any disguise Jul 18, 2019 by NCR Editorial Staff photo above: The White House is seen in Washington July 12. (CNS/Tyler Orsburn) … Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Jul 2019 Donald Trump has made it clear: the only ‘real Americans’ are white and Christian Donald Trump has made it clear: the only 'real Americans' are white and Christian In a recent tirade from his… Editor No Comments
Blog 17 Feb 2019 How Colin Kaepernick Beat the NFL How Colin Kaepernick Beat the NFL His settlement with the league is a major victory for the leader of the… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Jan 2019 Five Forces Driving the Rise of Fascism in 2019 Five Forces Driving the Rise of Fascism in 2019 By Michael I. Niman,Truthout Published January 13, 2019 WN: The article… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Oct 2018 Trump’s Massive Corruption Exposé Trump's Massive Corruption Exposé WN: The sooner the All-In-One Ultimate Ugly American, Planet Enemy Number One and Supreme Narcissist is… Editor No Comments
Blog 31 Aug 2018 Reckoning With John McCain Respecting the best of McCain requires grappling with the rest of McCain. By Timothy Patrick McCarthy Twitter August 27, 2018… Editor No Comments
Blog 22 Aug 2018 Donald Trump’s Fixer Says the President Engaged in a Criminal Conspiracy to Sway the 2016 Election That’s impeachable. By John Nichols Twitter August 22, 2018 10:40 am photo above: Michael Cohen leaves his federal court hearing in… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Aug 2018 America just won the world’s hardest math contest. Again. by Mahbub Majumdar August 1, 2018 Mahbub Majumdar is the national coach for the Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad and a professor… Editor No Comments
Blog 22 Mar 2018 The Last Temptation How evangelicals, once culturally confident, became an anxious minority seeking political protection from the least traditionally religious president in living… Editor No Comments
Blog 03 Nov 2017 Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race For years, racism has been defined by the violence of far-right extremists, but a more insidious kind of prejudice can… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Aug 2017 ‘Shades of 1933 Germany’: Trump’s Hostile Rally Prompts Third Reich Comparisons Former British ambassador expresses shock at president's rhetoric as U.N. panel issues warning on Charlottesville response Published on Wednesday, August… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 May 2017 America’s Iran Hysteria The Irrationality of Iran Vilification By Danny Sjursen Posted by Danny Sjursen at 7:46am, May 30, 2017. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. WN: It… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Feb 2017 Tomgram: Rajan Menon, The China Missile Crisis of 2018? Posted by Rajan Menon at 5:11pm, February 12, 2017. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. an excerpt: “We’re Going to War… Editor No Comments
Blog 26 Jan 2017 Donald Trump Intentionally Lies to Us He has no mandate. That fact has so unhinged Trump that he is shaming himself and his office by promulgating… Editor No Comments
Blog 18 Nov 2016 White, Conservative, Christian Friend—I Wish You Really Were Pro-Life October 12, 2016 / John Pavlovitz WN: The highlighted article below is truly powerful and wise! Likewise in relation to… Editor No Comments
Blog 030325-D-9880W-079 President George W. Bush (right) announces his $74.7 billion wartime supplemental budget request in the Pentagon on March 25, 2003, as Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (center) and Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz look on. Bush visited the Pentagon to meet with the senior defense leadership and to announce the supplemental request which, once appropriated by Congress, will pay for the direct costs of the Iraqi conflict and the global war against terror. DoD photo by R.D. Ward. (Released) 09 Aug 2016 The Neocon Project for a New Democratic Party photo above: White House Monday, 08 August 2016 08:45 J.P. SOTTILE FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT an excerpt: Unlike Hillary Clinton,… Editor No Comments
Blog 23 Jun 2016 Tomgram: Ann Jones, Donald Trump Has the Traits of a Wife Abuser and Women Know It Posted by Ann Jones at 8:01am, June 14, 2016. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch There are two other articles I've… Editor No Comments
Blog 29 Mar 2015 “Pardon Me?!” "Pardon Me?!" A one-time friend, Lloyd Billingsley, years ago confidently told me that “the left” by definition is ideological, “the… Editor No Comments