O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? – Matthew 12:34 I. People need to understand something about Afghanistan, and the
BERLIN, May 12, 2153 – Within the ivy-covered walls of Farben University, a great battle is now raging. But although the Reich’s ancient capital has seen
For months before the Iraq War began, I and many others wrote, in print and on-line, about the outrageous lies that were being told by
A friend of mine wrote on Facebook after the acquittal tonight: “America is truly lost.” And his words prompted this response from me: “Yes, you
I really don’t want to hear anyone saying that the staggering cave-in by the Democrats on Saturday – their monumental act of political and moral
It is with great sadness that I must announce the death of the publisher and co-founder of Empire Burlesque, Richard Kastelein. Rich passed away last
The Democratic leadership has announced that the House will not be called into session again until after the inauguration. So that’s it: no impeachment, no
The Trumpists will keep on pushing their (thus-far) cack-handed coup attempt because they know two things: 1) it might just succeed, in which case, yay!
If you are resting easy about the election result: don’t. If you don’t think Trump, McConnell and their party of rightwing extremists, who have already
You’d think that if you woke up after an election to find one candidate leading by two million votes, with the millions of votes yet
We came across the ocean fighting through the stormy waves We carved out our dominion And planted it with graves We built a mighty nation
I darkly suspect that the UK is entering a long winter of discontent and widespread upheaval, which will likely end with the replacement of the
I see the GOP is successfully manipulating the narrative once again, drawing in even Trump opponents their web of falsehood that paints the Supreme Court pick
I follow the novelist A.R. Moxon on Twitter, where his political takes routinely bring genuine insight, wit and moral rigor to the increasing beserkery of our
Operation Condor: the illegal state network that terrorised South America (Guardian) Even an otherwise excellent, thorough, damning article on the ghastly horrors of Operation Condor
Biden to Air Nationwide Law-and-Order Ad Condemning Rioters and Looters (NYT) This is so monumentally, stunningly, agonizingly stupid. Biden is adopting Trump’s false narrative about
Activist Ady Barkan tells top Republican to apologise over doctored video (Guardian) There is simply no way for any of us to comprehend or adequately
This is the boy who drove to a town he didn’t live in, joining many other armed extremists from outside, with the specific intent of
Colin Powell to Appear at Democratic Convention (NYT) I’m sorry, but this is absolutely unconscionable. Colin Powell was a chief architect and abettor of a monstrous
“The time’s gone awry; don’t you understand? Everything that you knew has turned into sand. Everything that you thought is no longer true. The man