To those of you in the US who can’t stop pontificating about the ‘flag protest’ and ‘anthem protest’, can you... Read More
On a little known 'consent of the governed' ceremony in the medieval Duchy of Carantania. Read More
Two Suitcases, Two Crying Kids and Two Hundred Dollars. Read More
On the powers that US border officials have over you and your devices. Read More
Hillary Clinton was clearly wrong with her use of the term ‘deplorables’. It’s more fitting to describe the people Donald... Read More
That’s how Guardian reporter Gary Younge describes the foundation of the rise of right wing populism in the west. Here... Read More
About 59 million Americans voted to give the most powerful office on the planet to a self-proclaimed billionaire endorsed by members of the Ku Klu Klan. Read More
That is, if saying that a Trump victory as "a means of disrupting the American center-left consensus" is your "desperate, very desperate" hope from this year's election. Read More
Who Should Bernie Voters Support Now? Robert Reich vs. Chris Hedges on Tackling the Neoliberal Order
This debate broadcast a few days ago on Democracy Now mirrors my personal politics and echoes my frustrations with this year's US election campaign more closely than anything else I've listened to recently. Read More
Facebook reminded me this morning that I shared this insightful piece by John Metta from Medium “I, Racist,” a year... Read More
For the "Lies, Half Truths and Electioneering Deceptions that Become true if Repeated Often Enough" file, because I know we all keep such lists Read More
Another excellent podcast from Longform, this time in conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones who covers civil rights for The New York... Read More
Food for thought from a former CAI officer who last week spoke publicly for the first time about her undercover work as a counterterrorism and intelligence specialist. Read More
Before everyone's attention returns to cat pictures on Facebook, some rambling thoughts on Sunday morning’s slaughter in Orlando. Read More
A monument to Lincoln in Cleveland funded by children's pennies and nickels. Read More
The start of my List of Things to do After the New Year. Read More
A year has passed since the 12-year-old was shot and killed by a police officer in Cleveland, Ohio. The case has yet to be resolved. Read More
More of the crazy that's the new normal in Texas. Read More
A case that set the tone for the FBI's brazen entrapment methods used in the War on Terror. Read More