The Anderson Files
Sanders, Warren and the art of media distraction
If you follow politics regularly, you have reason to be angry about something every day. Trump deliberately provokes liberal outrage constantly with petty and...
Fascism, American style
Racially tinged fear mongering about crime was crucial for Donald Trump’s campaign and now his presidency. In his inaugural address, Trump talked about how...
Colorado considers deep look at universal health care
When it comes to healthcare, we are bombarded with misinformation and gaslighting. In 2019, the editors of more than two dozen scientific journals around...
Boulder restaurant workers get scrooged over the holidays
The call and response was loud.
“What’s disgusting?”
“Union busting!”
On a chilly Saturday evening on Dec. 17, some 40 boisterous demonstrators outside Ash’Kara restaurant at 1043...
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....
Castro’s Cuba: The good and the bad
When Fidel Castro died, conservatives told us that he was a uniquely horrible dictator. These are the same people who have defended U.S. support...
Triptych and Trump
The uproar over Russian meddling in the U.S. election diverts our attention from the larger phenomenon of Russia’s support for far right movements in...
We can’t deny the similarities
It is dismaying how much Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are alike. That was the main theme at the 10th anniversary...
Paying attention
Trump may not have seemed like a “normal” Republican when he ran for president, but he now has a 90 percent job approval rating...
Who is George Soros, the right wing’s boogeyman?
Many people heard about George Soros for the first time when he denounced George W. Bush’s “war on terror,” lies about Saddam Hussein being...
What would Molly do?
These days, I wonder what Molly Ivins would think of today’s politics. Those of us who were fans called her Molly even if we...
Trump’s war on workers
Trump proclaims himself the savior of the screwed-over “forgotten men and women” of the working class. Every day, he hogs the media spotlight with...
