Ian Welsh

"The United States has never been "post-racial" as some would claim . . . . That said, prior to the emergence of Obama, outward expressions of virulent racism had been increasingly muted and forced underground by decades of hard work. . . .

Natalie Wood as Maria mimes (while Marni Nixon sings) "I Feel Pretty," from the film version of West Side Story. It will be interesting to see whether Rep.

"We have a huge problem: People do not think the recovery has affected them, and this is particularly true of blue collar white voters. What is the Democratic economic platform for guaranteeing a chance at prosperity for everyone? Voters can’t articulate it.

"Clean water is one of California’s most crucial resources, and these documents make it clear that state regulators have utterly failed to protect our water from oil industry pollution. Much more testing is needed to gauge the full extent of water pollution and the threat to public health.

"Countries which cannot produce what the rest of the world needs, nor produce what they need, are always in great danger from other nations which can cut them off.  They give up power over their own fate."-- Ian Welsh, in the post "Japan refusesto eliminate agricultural tariffs, and spikes the TPP"by KenThe Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been giving off nasty vibes th

Does this make Scots, or anybody else, feel better?

And these lies and imbecilities come from a scumbag who should be living out the rest of his wretched existence in prison for his war crimes and crimes against humanity.by KenIt can't be easy to be Dick Cheney. Even now, at his advanced age, in his precarious state of health, there are so many lies left to tell -- and so little time to tell them in.

What's driving Mike Doonesbury to all this soul-searching?Dooonesbury, by Garry Trudeau, today [click to enlarge]by Ken"You want a good economy again?" Ian Welsh asked in a recent post.

Field Marshall Abdel al-Sisi: Things are just working out for him!by KenSince just at this second the right-wing mental defectives who specialize in hysterically bellicose mentally defective foreign-policy crackpottery aren't getting much traction from the "Who lost Egypt?" motif (not while the "Who lost Syria?" and "Who wussed out on Iran?" and "Who's losing Ukraine?" motives make for eye-catchinger loony tunes), Egypt has sort off dropped over the side of the flat earth.So things