Opinion
Delivering the news to the ‘New York Times’
Before major news organizations pronounce someone dead, they ought to check the person’s pulse.
Take, for example, a recent New York Times screed prematurely pronouncing...
Trumponomics: Batman… or Dracula?
Even if a White House report is just a pack of lies, it still can reveal some awful truths.
Take the recent forecast by the...
Letters: 8/1/19
U.S. military can refuse Trump’s orders to war
On August 22, Donald Trump, the president of the United States and commander in chief of the...
Beware the one-party autocracy
The Republicans control all of the elected branches of the federal government, but they play the victim. There is a good reason for that....
Reviving the Bush-Cheney torture policy
A bumper sticker from around 2008 offered a stinging, four-word response to the Bush-Cheney regime’s enthusiasm for the cruel sport of waterboarding: “Impeach Bush,” it urged, “Torture Cheney...
Helping heal the wounds of division
The massive 10-part PBS documentary series on the Vietnam War by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick starts by saying the war was “begun in...
Letters: Aug. 17, 2023
LET’S NOT RECALL MAXINE MOST
Louisville is lucky to have a reproductive rights champion on City Council, Maxine Most. She’s not attempting to make medical...
Brand New Congress
What if progressive organizers and volunteers joined forces to run a nationwide campaign to replace today’s corporate-owned Congress — all at once?
Yes, one sweeping...
Letters from Feb 6, 2020
‘Stage three’
In response to the article “A new generation of leadership at the Weekly,” (Re: Stew’s Views, Jan. 30, 2019) it is sad to...
A reason for hope
While the media’s attention has been focused on the Trump circus, an impressive number of progressives have been winning local races around the country....
