Opinion
Obama, Spain and Kitty Genovese’s neighbors
There is a good historical parallel for the Western world’s reaction to the Syrian Civil War: The Western world’s reaction to the Spanish Civil War...
The socialist Democrat
It was a shock. Canada’s democratic socialist party, The New Democrats (NDP), won a resounding victory this month in Alberta, the country’s most rightwing province where the Progressive Conservatives have ruled for over four decades. The NDP promised to increase ...
Spreading weapons in the name of peace
Hey, Bucko — stop whining about this sour economy, and start thinking about the plight of others...
Why the American majority despises Trump’s Washington
It’s odd that Washington Republicans are so loudly crowing about their passage of the Trump-McConnell-Ryan tax law. Odd because the people outside of Washington...
There’s a word for Trump’s latest flimflamming of workers
By gollies, The Donald delivers!
Trump and his new blue-ribbon panel of working-class champions have announced a bold initiative to create millions of American jobs....
When Palestine declares its independence
Odds are that this week or next the Palestinians will unilaterally declare their independence. What happens next...
Hard times (still) in the fields
Every decade or so, America’s mass media are surprised to discover that migrant farmworkers are still being miserably paid and despicably treated by the...
Eight reasons to arm Libya’s rebels
There seems to be a big debate going on in the Obama administration over whether we should arm and train the Libyan rebels...
Coronavirus and big change
No more criticism. That was the message of U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams to journalists. He castigated them for their coverage of the White...
How to stop illegal immigration
I have a modest proposal for solving the problem of illegal immigration from Mexico without building a fence along the border or granting amnesty to those here illegally. Conquer Mexico. You know. Kind of like conquistadors, only north to south this time. Get ...
How hedge fund billionaires literally ‘check’ the people’s will
Donnie Trump is for it, Barack Obama is too, as are Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton...











