Political season: United States of irony
It seems the mainstream press’s main mission is not to report the news, but to define what is mainstream. Consider …
Monthly Archives: October 2015
Civil resistance and the national security state
Whether you call Edward Snowden a whistleblower or something else, he did not need to reveal who he was. He could have kept the national security state and the rest of the world guessing.
Ideological divisions and political change
No matter how much we analyze differences between left and right, the question that divides us now is: what motivates people who hold power? Let’s not listen to what they say motivates them. Let’s ask: what do government’s actions say about what motivates people who hold power?
Why is Syria so difficult for the U. S.?
Is Obama to blame for Syria’s disaster? Interview with Michael Weiss.
Why does Hillary Clinton regard Planned Parenthood as a protected organization?
Government grants funds when a majority favors it. The same government can remove those funds when the original majority disappears. Republicans currently hold a majority in the nation’s legislature. If Hillary Clinton declares she is sick of Republican efforts to reduce federal funds for abortions, she may as well say she is fed up with democracy.
Would you support a Muslim for president?
We are reaching new lows here. The journalists who cover presidential candidates have decided their job is not done until …
“The system is rigged.”
Bless the Christian Science Monitor. We’ve had how many years of thievery, incompetence, selfishness, dishonesty, unconstitutional governance, cravenness, criminality, cronyism, …
Why did a U. S. AC-130 gunship attack a hospital in Kunduz?
Was the U. S. attack on the hospital in Kunduz deliberate? The more the Pentagon says, the more you think the answer is not that important. The Pentagon says that we cooperated with our Afghan friends to target a building that turned out to be a hospital. If the aim of such a statement is to exonerate yourself, you’re not making much headway with that line of thought.
Climate science and progressive political arguments
Here is a short excerpt from Ronald Bailey’s commentary on Pope Francis and Naomi Klein: In her 2014 screed, This …
The Jeffersonian 