Ross Douthat and the Great Resignation

I don’t agree with much about Ross Douthat’s politics, but he often makes some interesting points. He did so in his latest column on the Canadian

Republican Politicians in the West are Ignoring Voters' Conservation Priorities

A new poll of those living in the Mountain West indicates the Republican officials in charge of Montana’s state government are out of step with voters’

How Far Are We from Martin Luther King’s Dream of Equal of Opportunity?

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee while supporting striking Black sanitation workers. The workers were demanding

Putin’s Advance Into Ukraine Compares with Saddam Hussein’s Invasion of Kuwait...a Disaster for Russia

On 2 August 1990, Saddam Hussein ordered the Iraqi army to invade and occupy Kuwait in an operation that led to Iraq’s defeat in war, rebellions crushed

Biden’s Real Challenge is Not Russia or China, but Poverty in America

Mainstream US media continues to celebrate the supposed strength of the US economy. Almost daily, headlines speak of hopeful numbers, sustainable growth,

Ukraine: US "Diplomacy" is the Problem. Can it Become the Solution?

After weeks of unsuccessfully attempting to either bully Russia's Vladimir Putin into submission or bait him into war, US president Joe Biden may finally

Bob Dylan and the Ukraine Crisis

Fifty-nine years ago, Bob Dylan recorded “With God on Our Side.” You probably haven’t heard it on the radio for a very long time, if ever, but right now

WWII Redux: The Endpoint of U.S. Policy, from Ukraine to Taiwan

“This is not going to be a war of Ukraine and Russia. This is going to be a European war, a full-fledged war.” So spoke Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky just days after berating the U.S. for beating the drums of war. It is not hard to...

Not a Socialist in the House

An observation that the so-called leftists in Congress are of the most meek kind and not actually liberal in the tradition of FDR is not hyperbole. A

Why Insider Trading is Still a Big Problem

There’s a growing bipartisan push to prohibit members of Congress from buying or selling stocks. The shift follows news reports that several senators sold

New Data Shows U.S. Government Has Been Bought For $14 Billion

This past weekend I was sitting in my hot tub that’s really just a bathtub that’s really just my neighbor’s bathtub that he lets me use when he’s out of

Paralysing Afghanistan: Washington’s Regime Change Agenda

Nation states are habitually doomed to defeat their best interests.  Conditions of mad instability are fostered.  Arms sales take place, regimes get

No To Preventive Detention: From Palestine, to Guantánamo, to U.S. Jails!

Administrative detention is an official Israeli policy, codified into law, whereby Palestinians can be arrested without a charge for so-called “security reasons.”  Detainees are held without trial and without being told about the evidence against...

Londongrad: Putin’s Easy Access To The Tories

As the media-saturated hubbub over Ukraine drags on, the avid but illegal party-goer–“Covid lockdown rules be damned”–Boris “BoJo” Johnson has been trying to save his job by sounding combative towards Russia (among other things). Alas for the...

California Advocates Counterattack Corporate Crime and Control

Want to unite conservatives and liberals in the Red and Blue states? Just mention those unreadable computer-generated bills we all get online or in the

The Supreme Court Could Hamstring Federal Agencies’ Regulatory Power in a High-Profile Air Pollution Case

On Feb. 28, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in West Virginia v. EPA, a case that centers on the U.S. Environmental Protection

Redefining Chile Amid Intersecting Crises

Santiago. Like so many countries around the world, Chile, my country of origin, is facing a series of intersecting crises. What is encouraging is the

"We Could Have Really Used the Compensation:" COVID's Second Wave in Rural India

There isn’t a death certificate or any other way to prove that Shanti Devi died of Covid-19. The circumstances surrounding her death, however, lead to no

Tapping Fortress Australia: Priti Patel’s Border Force Review

When in opposition, Alexander Downer, destined to become Australia’s longest serving foreign minister in the conservative government of John Howard, was

On “Legitimate Political Discourse”

“Legitimate political discourse” is an interesting phrase. Three weeks ago the Republican National Committee (RNC) voted overwhelmingly to call the