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A sign of the derangement of Trumpworld: these two undoubtedly appearance conscious women have taken to mimic his grotesque grimaces and pouts, apparently unaware of how ludicrous and unattractive it turns their features and expressions. 

Julia Conley at Common Dreams reports on  yet another shocking but not surprising Ivy act of dishonor–think Yale firing Dr. Bandy Lee–Columbia has suspended the campus chapters of Jewish Voice for Peace and Students for Justice in Palestine. Admirably, many alum … Continue reading →

For Air Mail, I wrote a preview/review of Dianne Wiest’s return to the New York stage in “Scene Partners.”

The corporate media decides on a story line—this time, it’s Biden’s age that’s the big issue—rather than the existential danger of treasonous psychotic Donald J. Trump. The CM hammers  home the story line relentlessly. And then—imagine that!—polls start to show … Continue reading →

when they came under attack from Russia. So what are Russia and Hungary doing?  Teaming up to build more of them. Totalitarian energy policy at its worst. The Biden administration has got to stop going along with the charade that … Continue reading →

We’re in a crisis of journalism as well as a crisis of democracy.

It’s as though they can’t wait for him to get re-elected and close them down or turn them into purely state mouthpieces.

Don’t believe the polls. But don’t take anything for granted. And the White House has to wake up and refute every single lie and defamation made by Trump.

From the Preface to our biography of Diana Sands: “Are you white?” the late Roger Robinson joked over the phone with Steve in 2016, soon after we began working on this project. “Are you sure?” he asked again.  Since then, … Continue reading →

And the Speaker’s plan to steal earned benefits from the poor and middle class so that he can make the wealthy even wealthier?