The Anderson Files
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...
The hidden history of U.S.-Cuban relationship
It was a turning point. Beginning in 2013, the U.S. and Cuba began secret talks in Canada and Vatican City. In 2015, Barack Obama...
Fake populist GOP promises to attack labor
Does the media tend to portray Donald Trump as a tribune of ordinary folks and Joe Biden as an establishment elitist? That is what...
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...
Big change or stability?
Democrats are divided over whether to support a presidential candidate who proposes big structural change for the working class majority or a candidate who...
Infrastructure for the 1 percent
The American Society of Civil Engineers grades our national infrastructure a D-plus. We desperately need to modernize our roads, bridges, schoolhouses, railways, airports and...
What we need to learn from Viking economics
In these days of Trumpian madness, George Lakey offers hope for progressives looking for strategies of social change. He has written a wonderful book...
Self-deception and hidden agendas during the pandemic
The pandemic is challenging governments around the world. However, the Trump administration’s response stands out as monumentally incompetent and corrupt. There was plenty of...
The legacy of Joe McCarthy lives on
Donald Trump has been compared to earlier rightwing demagogues such as Hitler, Mussolini, George Wallace and Pat Buchanan. The name of witch-hunter Senator Joe...
Russian Revolution turns 100, Soviet Union collapse turns 25
There was no official commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution last year.
Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, asked, “What is there to...
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...
Medicare for All is a solution for the pandemic crisis
It gets tiresome staying at home (if you are able to) or wearing a mask and social distancing when encountering other humans. So you...
