Monday, November 18, 2024

Dear Heather Cox Richardson

“In America, the twenty years since 2000 have seen the end game of the Reagan Revolution, begun in 1980.”

Exit in disgrace

Trump has taken shame to a new low, a depth only achievable by someone with zero sense of shame and thus no behavior brakes.

The good

They all saw beyond the illusions created by this current 'Everyone for themselves Capitalism on Steroids'. They did and they do good for the sake of, well, doing good!

Here we go: Another IRS problem (and a Bank of America problem)

“I don’t know if you have IRS problems; I do.”

Adam Smith’s invisible hand is at our throats

Today our greed-based, war addicted, and growth-obsessed economic system poses even greater threats than it did during the early phases of the Industrial Revolution.

The Red House: A cautionary tale

Let’s be clear. Red House is about armed conflict and the violation of human rights in the name of opposing the violation of human rights, which is nakedly oxymoronic.

The Christmas gift

His son would have a better Christmas than expected... and he felt absolutely no guilt about it at all.

Seeking the progressive leader

Will we cooperate and try to bring Biden and his administration towards our way of thinking, or shall we strike out on a new road towards the social democracy that many of us want?

7 books every activist needs to read

Activism can be a long and exhausting road but there are so many sources of inspiration out there. From indigenous protesters to LGBTQ heroes, recharge your activism with these essential stories of standing up to power.

Human society and the biosphere

In corporate-controlled countries like the United States, the word “socialism” is an anathema; but nations everywhere in the world might benefit from the Scandinavian model of socialism.