December 2018

Trump’s Syrian Withdrawal: an Act of Political Realism

Worse than Obsolete: NATO Creates Enemies

Aisle Seat: the 20 Best Films of 2018

The Terrible Destruction of Pinyon-Juniper Forests

Who Cares Which Democrat Comes Out on Top?

American Amnesia: What’s Missing From Our Collective Memory?

Trump’s Military Moves

Schumer vs. the Climate: Manchin’s Criminally Insane Promotion

Quit America! The Case for Moral Disengagement from American Politics

What Ireland’s Pro-Choice Referendum Teaches Us About Democracy

Ten 2018 Extinction Awards

Fuck You, Dying American Empire: Reflections of an Aging Anti-Imperialist

Stop Wasting Money on the Pentagon

We’re Learning the Truth About Voter Fraud

The Green New Deal: Let’s Shake Things Up

25 Ways the Canadian Health Care System is Better than Obamacare

Thoughts on Putin, Economic Downturns and Democracy

Dairy Farming is Dying, After 40 Years, I’m Done

The Cure for White Supremacy Lies in Religion and Art 

Government Shutdown or Not, the Police State Will Continue to Flourish

14,000 Hours: A Village in Recovery

What is It About the American Character?

A Question Every American Must Confront: Apartheid Israel or US Democracy?

Japan Wants to Jettison Its Vow to “Forever Renounce War”

Is Haiti Awakening to Change?

The Totem Thieves

Bearing Witness to Extinction

Keep Walking, Nothing Important to See Here

Trump vs. Mattis: Beware When Men of War Come to the Rescue

Fracking Future Shock in Colorado   

Putin and Russia’s Turn to Capitalism

Reckless Gamble for Profit that Placed Indian Cotton Farmers in Corporate Noose

My Top Five Albums of 2018

An Open Letter to the Public, RCMP, Canadian and Provincial Governments

Elections Don’t Make Israel a Democracy

Tale of a Number-One Cold-Blooded Bastard

Yanis Varoufakis – Episode 117

 A Safe Alternative to Female Circumcision

Trump’s Big Pullout

Since When Did the Irish Words “Sinn Féin” Mean Pro-Empire?

Crooked River Water: Public Right vs. Private Profits

Wake From the Nightmare or Sleep for Eternity

Selling Fear and Amusement: News as Entertainment

With Beto O’Rourke as Lightning Rod, Corporate Democrats Aim to Stifle Criticism

The Consequences of the Prague Spring

Crime and Punishment in an Age of the Jungle

The Brexit Pantomime and the Drone “Invasion”

Muslim Ban: Meet the Yemeni Americans Suing Trump in an Attempt to Reunite with Loved Ones

Tom Friedman: Columnist Without a Clue

The Revival of Democratization is Not a Natural Corollary, But Requires Deliberate Efforts