The GOP made the same bargain the Prussian generals made in 1933 — and the consequence is their total destruction PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 4, 2024 in Salon Bully-worship, under various disguises, has become a universal religion.— George Orwell, 1939, reviewing Bertrand Russell’s “Power: A New Social Analysis” It was said that Prussia, the nucleus of the German…

Liberal cowardice, Trump and the Constitution: Surrender is not an option
Is the center-left establishment too scared of Trump to stand up for the rule of law? That won’t end well PUBLISHED JANUARY 14, 2024 6:00AM (EST) Salon I worked as a congressional staff member during the protracted, nerve-wracking run-up to the Iraq invasion in 2003. Readers will recall a time of peak national hubris, with…

Al Gore Was Such a Good Sport to Give In Gracefully – Really?
When a Republican operative tells Democrats to continue being good losers, don’t buy it. Dec 20, 2023 Common Dreams The Washington Post, conveyor of the conventional wisdom, has just printed a telling testament to how Beltway culture functions. It is an op-ed by Stuart Stevens, a former Republican political consultant who has purportedly seen the light and has now…

Right-wing fake history is making a big comeback — but it never went away
We’re a Christian nation! The Civil War wasn’t about slavery! Fighting Hitler was a mistake! The lies run deep. Published Nov. 4 2023 in Salon Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past— George Orwell, “1984” The historian is a prophet looking backwards.— Friedrich von Schlegel, “Philosophical Fragments” The…

The Republican Revolution Devours Its Children
Kevin McCarthy was the Kerensky of the Republican revolution; Gaetz is its Lenin. Oct 10, 2023 Common Dreams The conventional media narrative of House Republicans’ dumping Speaker Kevin McCarthy tells us that the act represented disarray and dysfunction within the House GOP, just as its ever-changing list of legislative demands prior to the threatened government shutdown was supposed to…

Russia, Ukraine and Versailles: Bogus lessons from history won’t solve this crisis
NATO’s critics summon up the 1919 Treaty of Versailles as a warning not to “punish” Russia. That’s fake historyYour Attractive Heading PUBLISHED AUGUST 19, 2023 Salon Across the political spectrum, a persistent minority of voices insists that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was provoked by the eastward expansion of NATO in the 1990s and 2000s. Others…

Why America is going backward: Being the richest nation in history isn’t enough
America is the greatest economic and military power in world history — and our quality of life is garbage. But why? PUBLISHED AUGUST 5, 2023 Salon The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead, and that’s the way I likes it! — Grandpa Abe Simpson on the…