Larry Mosqueda’s insightful article explains the immigration crisis
On July 27, 2018, Larry Mosqueda published at CounterPunch his new article about the current immigration “crisis.” His article corrects the misunderstandings that are widespread […]
Media (News and Other)
Democracy’s threats are deeper than Russia.
Mainstream media and the official Democratic Party want us to think that Russia is the main threat to American democracy. The actual threats are different […]
Voters do want prosecutors to be PROGRESSIVE, not “tough-on-crime.”
In almost every state, the voters elect their local prosecuting attorneys. For many years prosecutors were elected and re-elected by being “tough-on-crime,” and public opinion […]
Avoid the anti-Russia hype that promotes a new Cold War.
Both of the big political parties — Republicans and Democrats – are stuck in their own agendas. Neither of the big party really supports peace. […]
Impeachable offense: Trump kidnaps children and imprisons families without due process.
U.S. law and international law recognize the rights of refugees and persons seeking asylum, but Trump deliberately violates those laws. Trump continues to COMMIT CRIMES […]
TV: “Base Public Policy on Honest Science”
The July 2018 episode of “Glen’s Parallax Perspectives” TV program helps us understand how science works. It also helps us push governments to use honest […]
The most important article to read this week: 9 ways Trump is imposing authoritarianism upon the U.S.
Today I posted to my blog a collection of links to 6 articles about Trump’s dangerous and dictatorial behavior. I urge you to read those […]
9 Ways Authoritarianism Is Taking Hold Under Trump
As you know, I read a huge amount of information. Thom Hartmann’s article at the link below consolidates much solid information into CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT information […]
Stop the U.S.’s cruel habit of “regime change.” It is WRONG to violently overthrow governments.
The U.S. has a long, horrible, cruel habit of violently overthrowing governments and abusively meddling in elections to manipulate their outcomes even if the U.S. […]
U.S.’s long history of anti-intellectualism is bearing rotten fruit now
In 1962 the great historian Richard Hofstadter published his book Anti-Intellectualism in American Life. I bought it in about 1970 and always wanted to read […]
The U.S. Empire is BI-PARTISAN.
It’s easy to criticize the hawkish foreign policy that Trump and the Republicans are promoting. Their gross cruelty causes some people to overlook the fact […]
Recent protests in Iran are NOT what Trump claims
The following information is based on information I received from someone I know who is from Iran and is extremely well informed about her country […]
Media lets Melania’s white hat distract them from covering important news
France’s leader spoke to the U.S. Congress in April 2018. He gave a stunning rebuke to Trump and Trumpism by denouncing the deliberate denial of […]
April 30 to May 6, 2018 is SCREEN-FREE WEEK
Every year in late April or early May people — ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE — are urged to get away from screens and do activities during […]
NPR supports Trump’s attack on Syria — interviews Pentagon’s big-wigs but NO peace supporters
On Friday April 13, 2018, Trump attacked Syria. National Public Radio provided special radio coverage for a long period of time. I listened to it […]
