Category Archives: Opinion

By Benjamin Santer Whether the president and his supporters like it or not, the United States is part of a complex, interconnected world. Global supply chains, commerce, and economies are intricately intertwined. Countries are connected electronically via the internet, email, and social media. Humans are also linked through a shared global climate system, which influences—andContinue reading “By quitting 66 international organizations, Trump turns his back on science, facts, reason”

By James J Devine Let us dispense with the fiction-based political football concerning Bad Bunny. The annual paroxysms of outrage over the Super Bowl halftime show are not a defense of culture, but a tantrum thrown by those who believed the empire would only export, never import; who believed the projection of power came withoutContinue reading “The ugly Americans have spoken on the Super Bowl’s halftime show. What they said is wrong.”

The machinery of justice, designed to turn with the heavy, deliberate gears of impartial fact, has seized. At the center of the deadlock is the killing of a 37-year-old Minneapolis woman, Renee Nicole Good, shot in her SUV by a federal immigration officer on Jan. 7. Now, the Trump administration is employing every lever toContinue reading “Gears of justice commandeered as part of the latest White House criminal coverup”

By James J Devine I was a little surprised to read that, “No Democratic governor has become president, or even won the nomination, since Bill Clinton in the 1990s, and Republicans haven’t had a governor-turned-president since George W. Bush.” That’s more like something one finds in a treatise on political astrology from the cult ofContinue reading “NY Times political analysis about the presidency leaves a lot to be desired”

by Max McCoy, Kansas Reflector When the attack came, Black Kettle believed it must have been a mistake. The old chief gathered a 33-star United States flag that had been given to him a few years before as a sign of friendship with the federal government and, along with a white flag, hoisted them aboveContinue reading “American soldiers have long faced unlawful orders. They need courage and our support to resist.”

By Bernie Sanders The government shutdown is not an accident. Trump’s budget would push millions into poverty and must be stopped Democrats in the US Senate must stand with the working families of our country and in opposition to Donald Trump’s authoritarianism. They must not cave in to the president’s attacks on the working classContinue reading “Democrats must not cave in to Donald Trump”