It has been tested throughout its history and been found wanting from time to time, yet it has survived. Born…
Government Institutions
When Do We Finally Drive a Stake Through the Heart of Austerity?
Austerity has never in the history of economics been a proper response to national insolvency. And yet we keep practicing…
When American Moral Codes Die, Democracy Ain’t Far Behind
“We may have democracy in this country, or we may have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few,…
The Time May Be At Hand for a Third Party in American Politics
Hold on to your britches now, I’m not talking about some dude to mess up choice by taking votes away…
The Trump Presidency: Week One, Possibly a Win-Win for Trump and the Nation
A win-win? Give me a break. Let me explain. God knows there is much to explain, so let me set…
Whose ‘signature’ is on Signature Drone Strikes?
Blame Barack Obama if you like or George Bush (who began the drone program), even technology if you care to.…
The Days of “That Can’t Possibly Be” are Long Gone
Yonas Fikre is a Muslim. So that’s strike one against him at a time in America when it’s toxic, if…
CIA Revelations—the Search for Ethics in an Unethical Trade
America seems in an endless cycle of standing proudly before the world with its pants around its ankles. The CIA…
A Nation of Law, Gone Lawless
Early In March, Attorney General Eric Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee he and his Department of Justice were, essentially,…
Capitalism
“The merchants will manage the better, the more they are left free to manage for themselves” Thomas Jefferson It’s difficult…