Resurgence In The Midwest
The victories of Brandon Johnson in Chicago and Janet Protasiewicz in Wisconsin are the latest signs that the upper Midwest, after a long period of trending right, is now the home of a liberal and lef...
19 Apr 202337min
Two Cheers for Arresting Trump
While the arrest of former president Donald Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business record can be welcomed as a rare example of accountability for the elite Americans, the actual case will have to b...
5 Apr 202328min
Trump Is Still GOP Top Dog
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is the preferred Trump foe of the Republican establishment. Both the donor class and media outlets (notably those owned by Rupert Murdoch) have rallied around DeSantis as...
29 Mar 202347min
New Fronts on the Abortion Fight
Last year, the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision. This has only emboldened the anti-choice movement. Those who hoped that ab...
21 Mar 202338min
Havana Syndrome and the Psychosomatic Empire
The good news is we have one less thing to worry about: so-called Havana Syndrome turns out not to be caused by a mysterious super-weapon to harm American diplomats and military personnel, despite num...
14 Mar 202340min
Fox News and the Quicksand of Lies
The ongoing defamation suit launched by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News for its coverage of the 2020 election has already resulted in the release of an eye-opening tranche of documents that g...
7 Mar 202332min
Homophobia and Transphobia at The New York Times
The New York Times has become mired in an acrimonious public dispute over its coverage of transgender issues. A letter signed by more than 1,200 writers (both freelance and staff) for the newspaper ha...
28 Feb 202338min
Pat Buchanan’s Long Shadow
Last month, Pat Buchanan announced he was retiring as a newspaper columnist, an event that went strangely under-noticed in the mainstream press. The simple fact is Buchanan is one of the most influent...
21 Feb 202352min
