The Anderson Files
Democracy and ordinary people
“Freedom is never given; it is won. A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic,...
Trump’s Bizarro World
In the 1960s, DC introduced “Bizarro World” in their Superman comic books. It is the fictional planet of “htraE” (“Earth” spelled backwards) where everything...
Trumpist spy and smear op hiding in Wyoming
The Whine and Cheesy Mussolini is a sick joke, but the war on democracy isn’t over. Trump may fade away but the far right...
Is Putin still the leader of the white Christian world?
Is Putin still the leader of the white Christian world?
The world will miss Tom Hayden
Whatever the future holds and as satisfying as my life is today,” Tom Hayden wrote in his 1988 memoir, “I miss the ’60s and...
Fascist spectacle on the American democratic stage
In 2017, Trump’s political strategist Steve Bannon called Robert Kuttner out of the blue about forming an “economic nationalist” alliance of the right and...
May Day is still relevant
With total control of the federal government, Trump and the Republicans have encountered remarkably massive resistance as they begin to roll back decades of...
Why Medicare for All is the only answer
Under our current patchwork health care system, the United States spends many times more than other rich nations on health care administration, pharmaceuticals and...
Back to the labor future
Strikes have been breaking out all over the country. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, some 485,000 workers were involved in strikes...
What did Kevin McCarthy know and when did he know it?
It’s too early to know the impact of Trump’s second impeachment trial. Many millions watched it on TV, but the size of the audience...
A global New Deal
The two major parties will have to change, or they are likely to be changed by voters who have had enough,” the Reverend Jesse...
Lessons from Nixon and Kent State
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We’re finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio.
— Neil Young, “Ohio”
Something ugly...
