Catalonia Anxious and Divided on Eve of Rajoy’s Deadline for Independence Answer
Nail-baiting in Catalonia on the eve of Rajoy’s demand for a response…..
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The Wine Country Fires: Is Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) a Rogue Utility?
PG&E, tree-trimming, and profit.
Read more...The Empire Comes Home Counterinsurgency, Policing, and the Militarization of America’s Cities
American society is embracing its inner empire. Eventually, its long reach may come for us all.
Read more...World Bank Must Stop Encouraging Harmful Tax Competition
The World Bank manages to make the IMF look good…..
Read more...Spain Constitutional Reform Trial Balloon: Bona Fide or Headfake to Split Catalonia?
Is a rumor the Spain is considering Constitutional reforms in response to the crisis in Catalonia merely a gambit to isolate the separatists?
Read more...John Helmer: Lunatic Russia-Hating in Washington Is 70 Years Old. It Started with Joseph Alsop, George Kennan and the Washington Post
The upper class origins of Russia-hating in the US.
Read more...Does Catalonia Have a Right to Secede?
Why the question of secession for Catalonia, or Scotland, or Quebec, isn’t easy to decide, practically and morally.
Read more...Trump Administration Picks Bizarre Fight With IMF Over Report Backing Taxing the Rich
The IMF makes a careful case for more redistribution.
Read more...On the Cost of Gun Ownership
Economists debate guns.
Read more...Michel Barnier Pushing EU to Discuss Trade Relations with UK; Germany and France Opposed
A seemingly positive bit of news on the Brexit front means a lot less than the latest round of UK reporting would have you believe.
Read more...Catalonia Declares Independence but Hits Hold Button; Spain Sets Emergency Meeting; Good Outcomes Unlikely: Update – Rajoy Forces Secessionsits’ Hands
The impasse in Catalonia continues, and neither side has a graceful way out.
Read more...Theresa May Tries to Pass Off Handwaves as Meaningful Planning in Case of Disorderly Brexit
The Government provides yet more evidence that it is utterly unprepared for Brexit.
Read more...Catalonia’s Drive for Independence and the Emergence of Global Cities
Is competition between Barcelona and Madrid the real driver of Catalonia’s independence movement?
Read more...Nationwide, Progressive Candidates Are Leading and Winning
They’re not all that radical, just different, with an ear for their constituents and the backing of Our Revolution.
Read more...Naked Capitalism: Skewering Three Trumpitudes, Promoting Critical Thinking, and Rejecting Conventional Wisdom
Help us continue to chart our independent course through hazardous waters, skewering Trumpitudes, sloppy thinking, and other fallacies.
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