Category Archives: Politics

Call for ‘Emergency Charity Stimulus’ as Billionaire Wealth Soars and US Nonprofits Sink

Charity reform would help deploy more funds to address more Covid-19 needs, but the real remedy lies in much bolder government spending.

Hubert Horan: The Airline Industry Collapse Part 3 – Recovery Expectations Were Always Dreadfully Wrong

Not only is the airline industry in desperate shape, but its executives have made its bad situation worse, increasing resolution costs for all bagholders.

CalPERS Chief Investment Officer Ben Meng Made False, Felonious Financial Disclosure Report; More Proof of Lack of Compliance Under Marcie Frost

CIO Ben Meng demonstrates why CalPERS can’t be trusted….even as the giant pension is pushing legislation to be able to make loans in secret.

How to Laugh Away the Far-Right: Lessons from Germany

In the many instances where far-right activity attempts to exhibit solemnity, gravity, or strength, a well-aimed joke is a powerful act of resistance.

Austria Confirms OPCW Report On Skripal Faking by the British – Vienna Exposes Financial Times Lies and Cover-Up

Revealing a big hole in the official Skripal story.

Thomas Frank: Liberal Elites Will Create Conditions for Another Trump

Thomas Frank: If Biden and the corporate Democrats continue to deny the concerns of populist movements, they ensure a new Trump will emerge

Kamala Harris or Susan Rice? The Veepstakes Appears To Have Kicked Out Two Truly Terrible Choices

If having Kamala Harris or Susan Rice isn’t unappetizing enough, as Lambert points out, the Dem VP pick is the presumptive 2024 Prez nominee.

The Consequences of Inequality Can Be Fatal

A compliation of some of the costs of inequality, updated for the Covid-19 era.

Mayberry v. KKR Plaintiffs File Amended Complaint, Refuting Standing Issues in Recent Kentucky Supreme Court Decision

Another front opens in the landmark public pension case, Mayberry v. KKR

Public Health Experts Fear a Hasty FDA Signoff on Vaccine

Experts have the willies about the rush to get a Covid-19 vaccine approved.

Thomas Frank: Corporate Democrats Idolize FDR, but Hate His Policies and the Populists That Supported Him

Thomas Frank discuss how Democrats try to have it both ways, wrapping themselves in FDR’s good name while dissing pretty much everything he stood for.

Plastics in Oceans Will Triple By 2040, Absent Immediate Drastic Action

Unless we take drastic steps NOW- and stop allowing plastics pushers to set the agenda- plastics in the world’s oceans will triple in twenty years, by 2040.