Twin phantasms: Electoral and climate denialism
"Denialism: the practice of denying the existence, truth, or validity of something despite proof or strong evidence that it is real, true, or valid."
Why are young working-class men more ‘conservative’?
It’s not just about women’s increasing power and independence—it’s about capitalism failing us all.
US and China why not a deal?
The very real dangers—ecological as well as geopolitical—that the world now faces encourage finding some kind of negotiated agreement on a multi-polar world.
Trump’s Disloyal, Dirty Dozen: His most toxic, gut-busting onslaughts against sacred American values
Would the American electorate be dumb enough to elect a conspicuous, anti-democratic bomb-thrower to our top office?
The empire is going down
In some fashion, we now seem to be on a post-imperial planet in which—if only—the best approach would be: chill, baby, chill.
The corporate vehicles changing international commerce
The unchecked rise of financial entities designed to conceal wealth and questionable activity has created a global, collaborative ecosystem. It is fueling corruption and crime while allowing those involved to escape accountability.
Harris has to win—otherwise America forsakes its hobbyhorse addiction: Circus show trials on steroids
If a violent coup against our Holy of Holies is never aired out in public—and adjudicated, what happens to our core American confidence in right and wrong?
Billionaires are not going to save us
It’s time to see that projects of survival and solidarity among those struggling the most are our only true hope for a future that will otherwise be ever more perilous.
How Trump killed every business he touched
Is Trump a business failure? Almost every business he’s touched, he’s driven into the ground.
Powder keg in the Pacific
Such seeming strength contains both a heightened risk of great power conflict and possible political pressures that could fracture America’s Asia-Pacific alliance relatively soon.