“There is no Republican Party. There’s a Trump party,” John Boehner told a Mackinac, Michigan, gathering of the GOP faithful last week. “The Republican Party is kind of taking a nap somewhere.” Ex-Speaker Boehner should probably re-check the old party’s pulse, for the Bush-Boehner GOP may not just be napping. It could be comatose. Consider. […]
REPORT: Previously Classified Story of Titanic’s Discovery Comes to Life…
The Titanic might have rested undiscovered at the bottom of the ocean floor for much longer if a top-secret Cold War navy mission hadn’t taken place. The once classified story behind the Titanic’s discovery is part of National Geographic’s new exhibition “Titanic: The Untold story.” The exhibit, which opened Wednesday in Washington, D.C., details oceanographer […]
Turning on Russia by Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould (Part 1/2)…
The German newsmagazine Der Spiegel last September reported that, “Stanley Fischer, the 73–year-old vice chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, is familiar with the decline of the world’s rich. He spent his childhood and youth in the British protectorate of Rhodesia… before going to London in the early 1960s for his university studies. There, he […]
How the Neocons Shaped America’s Russia Phobia by Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould (Part 2/2)…
The Oligarchs’ ‘Guaranteed Basic Income’ Scam by Chris Hedges…
A number of the reigning oligarchs—among them Mark Zuckerberg (net worth $64.1 billion), Elon Musk (net worth $20.8 billion), Richard Branson (net worth $5.1 billion) and Stewart Butterfield (net worth $1.6 billion)—are calling for a guaranteed basic income. It looks progressive. They couch their proposals in the moral language of caring for the destitute and […]
Unproven Allegations Against Trump and Putin Are Risking Nuclear War – Stephen Cohen…
“Russiagate” and the Skirpal affair have escalated dangers inherent in the new Cold War beyond those of the preceding one. Stephen F. Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian Studies and Politics at NYU and Princeton, continue their weekly discussion of the new US-Russian Cold War. (Previous installments, now in their fourth year, are at TheNation.com.) Cohen […]
How Syria Challenges the Unipolar Order by Elijah Magnier…
Today Elijah Magnier published a three part piece on the war on Syria and its role in the much the global political confrontation. Will America accept its defeat or will it challenge the Russian Bear and the Chinese Dragon? – Part 1, 2, 3. The first part describes the current situation at the various fronts […]
“We’re Entering a New and Dangerous Phase”: U.S. Soldier Killed in Syria…
Four Days to Declare a Cold War…
The week that has just ended was exceptionally rich in events. But no media were able to report it, because they had all deliberately masked certain of their number in order to protect the story that was being woven by their government. London had attempted to provoke a major conflict, but lost to Russia, President […]