| Jul 12, 2017 | Rights / DemocracyI’ve always been a little skeptical that there’d be a smoking gun about the Trump campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia. The latest news about Donald Trump, Jr., however, is tantalizingly close. The short version of the story, revealed by emails the New York Times...
| Jun 28, 2017 | Environment / HealthOur country is founded on a myth that anyone can succeed so long as they work hard. That’s the story of Alexander Hamilton that has swept Broadway: how a “bastard orphan” can become “a hero and a scholar.” According to the lyrics he did...
| Jun 21, 2017 | Rights / DemocracyDuring his speech announcing that the U.S. is ditching the Paris climate accords, President Trump took a strange detour to declare “our tax bill is moving along in Congress, and I believe it’s doing very well. I think a lot of people will be very...
| Apr 19, 2017 | Environment / HealthQuestion: What do you get when you mix a barrel of fables, a sack of mendacity, and a gross of whoppers – topped with a thick layer of subterfuge? Answer: The fiasco that’s been the Republican attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act. “We’re going...
| Apr 5, 2017 | Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyWhy? That’s the big question the mass media is asking about the sudden failure of the Republican leaders’ relentless push to demonize and kill Obamacare. After all, the GOP bragged that they now control the legislative game and would quickly knock...
