The Anderson Files
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...
Phil Anschutz, powerful but shy Colorado right-wing multibillionaire
Phil Anschutz is one of the richest people in Colorado. But he has considerable national clout. He is notoriously publicity shy and reclusive. Business...
Housing is a human right
Housing is really the foundation of so many of our social structures and without it, people just can’t succeed.” — Cathy Alderman of the...
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...
U.S. being treated like a developing nation
You know the old story of U.S.-based multinational corporations moving plants to the developing world, where they have a more “business-friendly,” unregulated environment under...
GOP Ultra-Maga Love of Authoritarian Hungary
There is a controversy among Republican leaders about publicly declaring what the GOP would do if it won back Congress and the presidency.
The GOP...
It’s the health care, stupid
The United States currently has the highest per-capita health care expenditures in the world, yet we rank last among 11 developed countries for health...
The myth of the center-right
Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio says that too many pundits and Democratic leaders pose a false choice “between fighting for our progressive values or...
Misinformation during the coronavirus pandemic
The Trump years have been a long, bad LSD trip directed by David Lynch. Then COVID-19 arrived and we feel like lonely figures in...
Capitalism’s fascist temptation
In 1928, U.S. Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon pushed the Federal Reserve Board to aggressively hike interest rates to control inflation and credit-fueled stock market...
Disturbing questions about Jan. 6 insurrection and law enforcement
A Republican congressman has described the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill insurrection as a “normal tourist visit.” During the opening hearing of the House select committee...
White people, Republicans and class
Class has been America’s dirty little secret. We have been told that we are a classless society. Tycoons and politicians regularly adopt an “everyman”...
