It may sweep away the last barrier against political barbarism. Published in CommonDreams Nov. 17, 2021 Link to article Yale historian Timothy’s Snyder’s Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning was published in 2015. It was a book on a subject that had already received vast attention from historians, but it stood out for its novel…
The Leaf Blower and the Robocall: America’s Social Predicament
If we can’t even do the easy things, has the very concept of progress in America died? Published in CommonDreams Nov. 3, 2021 Link to article In the past couple of weeks, the national media briefly paused from its laser-like focus on Gabby Petito to notice that California was phasing out the sale of gas-powered leaf blowers by 2024. Not…
The French Sub Deal: A Mercedes With a Fiat Engine at a Rolls-Royce Price
Why the U.S. risked a diplomatic row to save Australia from a poor decision. Published Wednesday September 28, 2021 in Washington Monthly Once more obeying the old cliché, the Western alliance is in disarray, this time over Australia’s breaking its contract to buy French submarines in favor of a U.S.-UK proposal. Weapons contract cancellations between…
The Strange Case of Attorney General Merrick Garland
In his brief time in office, he has acted like a partisan Republican. Why? Published Thursday July 22 in Commondreams ( link to article) For those who were looking forward to obtaining transparency for the incompetent negligence, malfeasance, and reckless disregard for the health and safety of the American people that were the hallmarks of Donald…
Want Socialism? Try the US Military
Some of our top brass denounce socialism, but they run the most socialist organization on earth. Published June 10, 2021 in Common Dreams – link to article America’s love affair with lunacy continues undimmed. Along with flat-earthers, anti-vaxxers, and fans of perpetual motion, according to a May 21 Ipsos poll, 53 percent of Republicans now assert that…
The Congressman From Hell Is a Symptom of Our Rotten Political System
Decades of disdain for politics as a civic calling means we get the politicians we deserve. Published on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 by Common Dreams Picture a member of congress and what do you see? He’s a guy (those in question are usually still men, despite Marjorie Taylor Greene) with an ego the size of…
Liz Cheney: And Thus, the Revolution Devours Its Children
At some point, the GOP will use bullets rather than ballots. Published on Thursday, May 13, 2021 by Common Dreams ( link to article) On the occasion of her defenestration from the Republican leadership, the mainstream media have discovered a strange new respect for now-former House GOP Conference chair Liz Cheney. Politics makes strange bedfellows, and, indeed,…