More discussion of the state of evidence, plus legal and political maneuvering, in the MH17 downing investigation.
Read more...The Obamas lend their name to a private equity brand-building exercise.
Read more...Every time I read a new, improved set of excuses from people like Bernanke, I feel like I’ve walked into my kitchen and turned on the lights after the exterminator paid a visit, only to find cockroaches all over my counter yet again.
Read more...Yes, Virginia, the Post Office is cash flow positive and deserves to carry on as is.
Read more...An interview with Michael Hudson on his latest book, Killing the Host, which focuses on the destruction wrought by financial capitalism.
Read more...Lawrence Wilkerson describes the path of empires in decline and shows how the US is following the classic trajectory.
Read more...The Financial Times saved CalSTRS board chairman Harry Keiley from embarrassing himself. We aren’t.
Read more...A broad coalition has taken the unusual step of opposing all of Obama’s five nominees to the Postal Service Board of Governors. But it’s the right move, given how terrible they are.
Read more...Supposedly ‘competitive’ policies on tax favor multinational firms over smaller, locally-based ones and also reduce market competition.
Read more...Who needs balanced trade? It’s time to challenge the premises of “trade” deals like the TransPacific Partnership.
Read more...Tony Benn and Noam Chomsky take a hard look at what passes for capitalism.
Read more...California state controller Betty Yee blows off a union official’s request for carry fee information by saying CalSTRS “is being very diligent,” when CalPERS has already gotten the information.
Read more...Obama has decided to use “democracy” as a weapon of coups to turn recalcitrant countries into failed states.
Read more...An interview with authors of a new book investigating the condition of the poorest in America.
Read more...If all Henry Kissinger contributed to the Middle East were a regional arms race, petrodollar addiction, Iranian radicalization, and the Tehran-Riyadh conflict, it would be bad enough. His legacy, however, is far worse than that: he has to answer for his role in the rise of political Islam.
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