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Governor Cuomo sounds an alarm: the groundwater under Indian Point is extremely radioactive. The ancient, dilapidated nuclear power plant is owned by Entergy, which has a  terrible safety record, and of course it has issued its boilerplate denial: the crisis … Continue reading →

Danny Glover writes on Huffington Post: “We must change our national priorities, away from the endless overseas wars that are the main cause of terrorism — therefore begetting more war — and invest in the education of our children and … Continue reading →

As our completely out of control Pentagon plans a new war in Libya that could well spread to the rest of the continent, without even the benefit of Congressional debate, Ben Norton at Salon discusses the profit factor: “It is … Continue reading →

What the adled sachems of the Democratric party don’t get is that if they hound Sanders out of the race you can bet your bippy that his supporters are not coming out to vote for Hilllary. And one of the … Continue reading →

Who this month tore down that lovely bow-front nineteenth-century private house on 12th Street between Fifth and University? So glad our Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning Commission are doing their jobs.

to discuss Pelosi’s competence. As Ralph Nader writes on Common Dreams, Pelosi “has led the House Democrats to three straight calamitous losses (2010, 2012, 2014) to the Republicans, for whom public cruelties toward the powerless is a matter of principle.”

To see the shock troops of Democratic party hackdom trying to shut down Sanders for espousing what were once the party’s bedrock philosophy and principles?  Before it decided to become largely a copycat GOP,  a trompe l’oeil version of itself.

It’s time for her to take in LOTS of performances by the San Francisco Ballet. She’s long veered between the dynamic progressive and the political hack. We see which side is winning. How dare she tell anyone, particularly candidates from … Continue reading →

“A leader is someone who figures out where the future is going,” Bill McKibben writes, again on Common Dreams, “not someone who joins the party once it’s underway.”

as they attack Bernie Sanders, someone voters actually are enthusiastic about. For Common Dreams, John Atcheson describes “A Confederacy of Dunces: The Democratic Establishment’s Assault on Sanders Begins.”