articles 2015

As Americans Struggle, Trump’s Wealth Soars

Don’t Expect Cheap Gas Any Time Soon

The Need for Supreme Court Reform is Clearer Than Ever

Reviewing “The Boroughs”

The Tragedy of UPS Flight 2976

The Fight to Represent South Central Los Angeles, District 9:  A Talk With Jorge Nuño

Remembering Artists From Another Time: John Piper

Helping to Make America Great: The TRUMP Store

Cuba’s Miracle Breakthrough for Alzheimer’s Amidst the Genocidal Oil Blockade

Iran in Vain: Rooting for the “Bad Guy” is No Vice When Your Guy is Worse

Sonny Rollins’ Reflections

Is Trump Fit to Nuke the World?

A Short History of the Iran War, So Far

Lee Zeldin’s War on Public Health

Four Reasons We’re Being Lied To

Remembering the Anti-War Women of Waterloo

Regime Change Through Indictment: Raúl Castro and the BTTR Flights

From Ersatz Fear to Epic Fury: How Media Glorification of Vigilantes and Militarism Can Backfire

Jumping the Turnstiles

Greater Yellowstone Coalition Sells Out Wilderness in Greater Yellowstone

US Refugee Policy for White South Africans is Part of a Century‑Long Effort to Keep Some English‑Speaking Nations White

Ivy Meeropol’s Cinematic Celebration of E. Jean Carroll

The Ballad of Captain Max

Nuclear Power and Other People’s Money

The Frightful Cost of War and a Bubble Gum Card

Ontological Shlock and Awe

Trump’s Triumphal Arch

What Can Texans Learn From Their Own Left Populist Roots?

After Trump, the Flood

The Pleasure of Cruelty: We Are all Palestinians Now

Do US War Crimes Doom the World to Endless War and Chaos?

Installing Peace

Bursting the AI Bubble: the Fed Could End the “Who Could’ve Known” Defense

Harvest of Chaos: The U.S. and Israel War on Iran

Eviction Nightmare

On this Memorial Day, Nemesis stalks a U.S. Empire at war

There is No Radical Transformation in the US Without Poor People in the Forefront

The Long History of Controlling Water and Why It No Longer Works

The Washington Post’s David Ignatius Underestimates Xi Jinping

Pete Hegseth’s Desperate Crusade for Masculine Validation

The Politics of Purity and the War on Venezuela

Wall Street Says That a Company That Loses Billions is Worth Trillions

Acceptable Till it Wasn’t: Itamar Ben-Gvir and the Global Sumud Flotilla

A Modest Proposal: On the Windfall Owed to America’s Elders, and Other Logical Consequences of Personhood at Conception

The “Warrior Ethos” Promises Victory, History Says It Leads to Defeat

Another Kind of World Cup Victory

My First Artwork

Why American Workers Should Welcome Chinese Investments

“Hondurasgate”: A Symptom of Deeper Crises in Honduras and a Warning for Latin America

Nicholas Kristof’s Eyewitness Laments Skip the Obvious Conclusion