Opinion
Opinion— “Imagined Slights”
There is a major, perhaps intractable problem with combating the hatred and ignorance rampant in U.S. society and politics today. Recently I found a way to verbalize it. In early 2009 I found myself spending a good deal of time in close quarters for work with a fellow who always …
Opinion—Trump’s New Policy on Israeli Settlements Is Illegal and Self-Serving
An Israeli election banner bearing the portraits of President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hangs on the facade of a building in Jerusalem, Israel, on September 14, 2019. AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Thumbing his nose at the Geneva Convention, the Rome Statute, the UN …
Opinion—Convicted Anti-Nuclear Activists Speak Out: “Pentagon Has Brainwashed People”
The seven Catholic peace activists who were convicted on October 24 for their symbolic protest against nuclear weapons at the Kings Bay Naval Base are now facing a two-to-three-month wait to hear their prison sentences. They could face more than 20 years in prison. “Our own lives are uncertain regarding …
Opinion: As Trump Aids and Abets Turkey’s War Crimes, the UN Must Act
Syrians flee the countryside of the northeastern Syrian town of Ras al-Ain on the Turkish border, toward the west to the town of Tal Tamr on October 19, 2019. The smoke behind them is from burning tyres used to impede visibility from warplanes. – Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired …
Opinion: Trump’s Stonewalling of Impeachment Inquiry Is an Impeachable Offense
As three committees of the House of Representatives proceeded with the impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump, the president tweeted, “I am coming to the conclusion that what is taking place is not an impeachment, it is a COUP.” Encyclopedia Britannica defines coup d’etat as “the sudden, violent overthrow of an existing government by …
OPINION: I fact checked Naomi Wolf’s new book on gay rights – the mockery she has faced for one error disguises the real outrage we should feel
For a month, critics have attacked Naomi Wolf’s new book, Outrages: Sex, Censorship and the Criminalization of Love, which explores how 19th-century UK laws persecuted homosexuality around the world and fuelled the gay rights movement. A BBC radio host pointed out on 21 May that the phrase “death recorded” did …
Trump’s New Travel Restrictions Harm Both US and Cuban People
Escalating his policy to economically strangle Cuba, Donald Trump has imposed new restrictions on travel to Cuba by U.S. persons. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) will no longer allow the popular “people-to-people” educational travel and they will deny licenses to cruise ships, the most common way people visit Cuba. “While this further …
Opinion: Trump’s “Troika of Tyranny” Meddles in Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua
Under the guise of protecting human rights, the Trump administration is illegally meddling in three countries it has dubbed the “troika of tyranny” — Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua. National Security Adviser John Bolton claimed, “Miami is home to countless Americans, who fled the prisons and death squads of the Castro regime …
Opinion: The Medicare for All Con Job
There is an agenda behind every word and every policy that emerges from Washington, and it’s usually not the one politicians are saying. Let’s take Medicare for All and its precursor, Obamacare. Supporters say Obamacare has made health care affordable for millions. Its critics point to rising premiums and sky-high …
Puerto Rico gets Ripped Off Again In a Corrupt $400 Million Energy Bond Deal
A business as usual bond deal is about to be foisted upon Puerto Rico’s ratepayers and fledgling economy. It will result in a $400 million annual cash draw for at least the next twenty years. Think about wasting money on overpriced oil, political appointees and useless consultants over the last twenty years and …
Opinion: Donald Trump the Blue Collar President
During the campaign, Donald J. Trump was dubbed the blue-collar billionaire. Now, President Donald J. Trump is the blue-collar president. It makes sense. As a builder, he worked alongside steelworkers, bricklayers and laborers who made the Trump Towers rise. He forged an unbreakable bond with them, the bond that comes from …
Opinion: Mueller Documented Probable Cause That Trump Obstructed Justice
After a nearly two-year investigation, culminating in a 448-page report, Special Counsel Robert Mueller concluded that Russia attempted to influence the 2016 election but found insufficient evidence to prove the Trump campaign conspired with Russia. Mueller did not decide, however, if Trump obstructed justice. The special counsel detailed 10 acts that …
Opinion: Assange’s Indictment Treats Journalism as a Crime
After living under a grant of asylum in London’s Ecuadorian embassy for nearly seven years, WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange was forcibly ejected and arrested by British police on April 11. Ecuador’s president, Lenin Moreno, accused Assange of “repeated violations to international conventions and daily-life protocols.” After an anonymous source revealed the “INA Papers,” a …
Should Hugs Be Politically Lethal?
Getty Images DailyClout sponsored content To help Lucy Flores, a politician who served in the Nevada State Assembly from 2011-2015, increase attendance at a political rally where she was scheduled to speak, Vice Pres. Joe Biden generously went out of his way to attend and show his support. How did …
Opinion: US Takes Illegal, Dangerous Actions Toward Regime Change in Venezuela
he United States is taking illegal and dangerous actions to execute regime change in Venezuela. In January, Juan Guaidó declared himself “interim president,” in a strategy orchestrated by the United States to seize power from President Nicolás Maduro. In March, Guaidó announced that “Operation Freedom,” an organization established to overthrow the Maduro government, would …
Opinion: Lawyers Worldwide Urge International Court: Investigate Israeli Crimes
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK – MARCH 29: Health workers carry a wounded press member after israeli intervention during a protest against construction of Jewish settlement within 43rd anniversary of Palestinian Land Day in Ramallah, West Bank on March 29, 2019.(Photo by Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) On the eve of the first …
Opinion: Mueller Didn’t Exonerate Trump of Obstruction of Justice
The Mueller report is finally done. On March 23, Special Counsel Robert Mueller sent the confidential report of his 22-month investigation to Attorney General William Barr. Less than 48 hours later, Barr released a four-page letter outlining Mueller’s conclusions and jumping to one as well. In response to Barr’s letter, Donald Trump …
Marjorie Cohn: Daniel Ellsberg Calls Chelsea Manning “an American Hero”
BERLIN, GERMANY – MAY 02: Whistle blower and activist Chelsea Manning, in what she said is her first strip outside of the United States since she was released from a U.S. prison, speaks at the annual re:publica conferences on their opening day on May 2, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Re:publica …
Robespierre with Lipstick
Here is a simple question: If slavery is a 100% tax on one’s labor, what do you call a 70% tax? Such is the level of taxation envisioned by a young, idealistic freshman Congresswoman, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. How does this Congresswoman and her fellow travelers arrive at this number? How does Sen. Elizabeth …
The Ever-Growing Gap in Income and Wealth
Since the publication of my book Survival of the Richest in July 2017, the bleak numbers I documented in terms of disparity of wealth have only grown worse. A recent paper from the Economic Policy Institute found that the top 1 percent of American families made an astounding 26.3 times …