DEMOCRACY WATCH - Trump and his supporters do not mean by "democracy" a liberal democracy. They mean the popular sovereignty of "true Americans."
IMPORTANT READS
Amazon Can’t Bust Unions Forever
UNION WATCH - The National Labor Relations Board, or NLRB, just ruled that a historic union vote among Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama was not valid.
The United States Can Solve the Ukraine Crisis
WORLD WATCH - The seeds for the crisis in Ukraine were planted 25 years ago when the Clinton Administration decided to expand the North Atlantic Treaty into East Europe, accepting membership from former members of the Warsaw Pact.
Critical Race—to the Bottom
RACE POLITICS - The party favor on the Republican side has been the dog whistle.
Law-Enforcement Officers Should Enforce The Law
LAW & ORDER - “There are three objective constraints on policing… which had militated against its satisfactory fulfillment.
Why Amazon Is Terrified of Its Workers Unionizing
LABOR VIEW - The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has just ruled that a historic union vote held earlier this year among Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) was not valid.
'Utterly Obscene': Just 8 Pfizer and Moderna Investors Became $10 Billion Richer After Omicron Emerged
RICH GET RICHER - In the first week that the Omicron variant sparked global fears of a new wave of infections, a small handful of investors and executives with Pfizer and Moderna—currently the world's preeminent makers of Covid-19 vaccines—saw over $10 billion in new wealth, with the Moderna's CEO alone adding over $800 million to his personal fortune.
Give a Banned Book for Christmas
RANDOM LENGTH NEWS - One of the few pleasures I’ve found during the pandemic is the time to actually read books —not that I didn’t read them before — it’s just that with fewer distractions and social obligations, I actually had the luxury of time–uninterrupted!
Rethinking Work — And Life
WORKFORCE REDUCTIONS - As a writer, I get stuck every so often straining for the right words to tell my story.
Blame Corporate Greed For Inflation
PROFITS ARE OUR LOSS - With vaccination rates on the rise, Americans are hoping for a return to some semblance of normalcy this holiday season.
As SCOTUS Considers 'Extinguishing' Right to Abortion, Calls Mount for Congress to 'Step Up'
SUPREME COURT - As journalists and other observers of the U.S. Supreme Court noted Wednesday that its right-wing majority appeared inclined to uphold Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban—and potentially overturn Roe v. Wade—while hearing oral arguments in a case challenging the state law, reproductive rights advocates rallied outside and demanded congressional action.
How to Enjoy Yourself at LA County’s Hollywood Park Casino
HIDDEN GEM--A lot of people who visit or even live in Los Angeles don’t realize that there’s an active casino just outside of downtown, in Inglewood.
The US Military Does Not Truly Care About Civilian Casualties
MILITARY JUSTICE -So far, the Democratic-led Senate Armed Services Committee has refused to open an investigation into the Baghuz attack or any other possible war crimes by U.S. forces in the war against ISIS.
Most Americans Look Favorably On Global Governance
WORLD WATCH - Amid all the flag-waving, chants of “USA, USA,” and other nationalist hoopla that characterize mainstream politics in the United States, it’s easy to miss the fact that most Americans favor global governance.
The Socialism America Needs
SOCIAL DEMOCRACY - Clobbered from all sides by the pandemic, climate change and disruptions in virtually every industry by the rise of artificial intelligence, the capitalist dream is dying — and a new, mutant form of socialism is growing in its place.
Polarized Political Parties Push to the Precipice
THE VIEW FROM HERE - As written previously, America believes that it has two main political parties when in reality it has four;
Go Ahead, Take Their Guns. The US Would Be a Less Dangerous Place
2ND AMENDMENT POLITICS - Expect the gun control debate in America to really get hot over the next 12 months as Beto O'Rourke runs for governor of Texas.
Digging for Peace: Resisting Nuclear Weapons
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT - On Wednesday, October 20, I joined “Vrede Scheppen,” “Create Peace,” about 25 peace activists from the Netherlands, Germany and Austria at the airbase at Volkel, Netherlands, making a plea for an end to nuclear weapons.
America Should Lower Its Expectations
OPINION - I get how hard it is to admit defeat, to lower expectations.
Israel’s New Leadership Offers Nothing New to Palestinians
WORLD WATCH - How have Israeli-Palestinian relations changed since the end of the right-wing Netanyahu government?
The Shortage Economy: Will We Go Marching?
SUPPLY CHAIN INTERRUPTUS - Washington pundits generally see the supply-chain hiccups and partially related price inflation as political risks for the Biden White House. Probably that’s so but there’s also opportunity for a left-ward administration.