It should be obvious to everyone that the US left is in difficult straits. It is not even remotely clear who or what counts as left in this country. To most — encouraged by the capitalist media — the left is the Democratic Party. But that must undoubtedly be mistaken. To be left, one surely […]
Bi-khim Hsiao, Taiwan’s Representative in the United States, is a familiar figure in the halls of power but she does not often make public speeches. So a recent talk and press conference by Ms. Hsiao deserve some attention. The One China Policy, endorsed by the US and UN, does not recognize Taiwan Island as an independent country […]
The pace of for-profit technological innovations is accelerating, but to what end beyond corporate sales? The gap between marketing new high-tech products and assessing their intended and unintended consequences has never been greater. Let’s start with the ballooning of augmented reality inside virtual reality. Facebook’s Oculus Rift escapism has flopped. Trying to improve on this […]
The United States' supposed 'unbreakable bond' with Tel Aviv is faltering, though more in language than in deeds.
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House Speaker Jim Jordan said that Democrats create a lie, Big Media runs with the lie, then Big Tech amplifies the lie, and when Republicans expose the truth, they are attacked. He said that a similar hoax was created by the CIA when it covered up and falsely denied the validity of Hunter Biden's laptop.
Raising the federal debt limit over the years has secured unconditional routine Congressional passage and was endorsed by presidents Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. After all, it allows the U.S. Treasury to pay past and existing bills, not expand future spending. Routine, that is, until the recent arrival of the mad-dog Republicans with their monetized […]
Eric Zuesse Neither the conservatives nor the liberals, neither the Republicans nor the Democrats, are honest about global warming, and the reason for this is that both sides are funded by billionaires, and neither Republican billionaires nor Democratic billionaires want the public to know that the only realistically possible governmental action that could possibly solve […]
It’s understandable that, when the Senate Dems need 50 of their 51 members to vote on something for it to pass, Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema have a lot more influence than they should. But it has been maddening to see, on the one hand, corrupt coal baron Joe Manchin using that power to advance […]
