It’s a recycled isolationist talking point from World War II, and it’s just as wrong now. July 14, 2023 Washington Monthly They are not, or at least not yet, a majority of GOP officeholders, but in a recent vote, 57 House Republicans and 11 GOP Senators opposed military aid to Ukraine in its struggle to defeat Russian aggression. Nearly half of…
There’s no such thing as a conservative intellectual — only apologists for right-wing power
From Burke to Buckley to Patrick Deneen, we’ve seen a 200-year history of defending the indefensible Published July 1st in Salon link to article In 1950, author and critic Lionel Trilling wrote: In the United States at this time liberalism is not only the dominant but even the sole intellectual tradition. For it is the plain…
The party of pollution, disease and death: When Republicans tell you who they are, believe them
In the name of imaginary freedom, Republicans are willing to let many people die. In fact, they’re proud of it published June 9, 2023 in Salon.com link to article In its current session, the U.S. Supreme Court weakened the federal government’s authority to enforce the Clean Water Act. The mainstream media have been assiduous in explaining…
‘Free-Market Dogma’ Creates Disasters from East Palestine to Ukraine
How Wall Street’s drive to financialize every aspect of the economy has derailed trains, harmed health care, bottle-necked supply chains, and made it harder for the U.S. military to aid its allies. published April 19. 2023 in Common Dreams link to article By now everyone is familiar with the derailment of Norfolk Southern (NS) freight…
The GOP’s heart of darkness: Why Ron DeSantis can never beat Donald Trump
No Republican can beat Trump, because no one else can command his coalition of damaged, discarded, marginal people PUBLISHED MAY 20, 2023 in Salon.com link to article In the last few weeks the mainstream media have not only buried the presidential ambitions of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, they’ve driven a stake through the corpse’s heart…
How a Debt Default Could Bring Down the Dollar
Published Mat 10, 2023 In NewYork Times Since 1960, Congress has acted 78 times to increase the statutory debt limit to avert a government default. Indeed, when I worked in Congress, from the mid-1980s to 2011, after a bit of posturing, Congress always increased the debt ceiling — and created the expectation that debt-limit fights were a…
No, dictatorships are not more “efficient”: See how Putin and Xi have wrecked their countries
Mussolini didn’t make the “trains run on time,” and Hitler’s economy was a disaster. Some lessons must be relearned PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 18, 2023 in Salon .com Link to article Perhaps the most surprising story of the past year has been the abysmal performance of the Russian military in its invasion of Ukraine. Clumsy tactics, military…