Neoliberalism Is Not a Viable Option
How neoliberalism contributes to the growth of fascism.
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Putin and Trump in Alaska: Do Men Make History or Does History Make Men?
At the meeting between Putin and Trump, the question of whether a leader is a product of history or its maker reveals much about them, and us.
Read more...The US Should Look to Putin for Help to Rebuild Trust in American Institutions
American elites looked at post-USSR Russia and said “let’s do that here.” A president serious about MAGA should ask Putin how he dug the county out of that hole.
Read more...On Ukrainian Identity: Ukraine as a Buffer Zone
On the long process of Urkaine national identify formation and why, even with that, Ukraine was relatively late to become a state.
Read more...Boycott Lufthansa: Removed Passenger from Flight for Wearing a Medical Mask
Lufthansa behaves badly. Circulate to everyone you know who flies to Europe to warn them of what might be in store.
Read more...Is Price Fixing Protected by the First Amendment?
RealPage continues ugly post-Citizens United trend, and provides more evidence that the Democrat Abundance enthusiasts are full of hot air.
Read more...The Impact of a Ghostwritten Paper on the Fate of Glyphosate
A downsized EPA faces a deadline to review the herbicide’s safety without much of its in-house expertise.
Read more...The Straw Man City and the Architecture of Selective Small Government
Trump’s urban takeovers reveal a governing pattern that blends the language of small government with a readiness to deploy maximum state force when it serves political ends.
Read more...Peak Neoliberalism: Wall Street Journal Pearl-Clutches Over Lack of Mobility Due to High Housing Costs, Insufficient Pay
The Journal laments how mobility has fallien while averting its eyes from how neoliberalsm and rentierism are the drivers.
Read more...Exactly What Is in the Ivy League Deals with the Trump Administration – and How They Compare
Details on some of the Trump agreements with top universities, such as the gap between the antisemitism bludgeon and what Trump got.
Read more...Sanders Bill Would Fight Trump Effort to ‘Dismantle Social Security’
A Sanders effort to preserve Social Security shows some of the Trump vectors of attack.
Read more...Thomas Neuburger: Our Lawless Elites
Tracing the increased concentration of power in our elites, and how Trump is in the process of consolidating it in his person.
Read more...‘Israel Has Succeeded in Killing Me’: Journalist Anas Jamal Al-Sharif’s Last Words
An Israeli air strike killed Palestinian journalist Anas Jamal Al-Sharif and four Al Jazeera colleagues.
Read more...Plunge in Conscientiousness Among Young, a Critical Quality for Personal and Societal Success
Technology is precipitating shifts in character, particularly a drop in conscientiousness, to our individual and collective disadvantage.
Read more...Why “Spend Before Tax” Is the Key to Unlocking a Future for Young People
The future younger people inherit is being decided less by the constraints of economics than by the limits of political imagination.
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