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Expanding on Bernie Sanders’ New Year’s Resolution – a robust progressive agenda

December 28, 2024

Expanding on Bernie Sanders’ New Year’s Resolution – a robust progressive agenda

December 28, 2024

From a recent email from Bernie Sanders with this —>> read more –>>

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Capitalism

Not a right – left problem; a top – down problem. The class war is long over.

December 26, 2024

Not a right – left problem; a top – down problem. The class war is long over.

December 26, 2024

In the wake of Trump’s victory over Harris there h —>> read more –>>

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Thoughts on ending billionaire wealth – “Every billionaire is a policy failure”

December 25, 2024

Thoughts on ending billionaire wealth – “Every billionaire is a policy failure”

December 25, 2024

The tsunami of billionaires that has washed across —>> read more –>>

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Delusion

Drop “democracy” from our rhetoric about America

December 8, 2024

Drop “democracy” from our rhetoric about America

December 8, 2024

The word democracy appears regularly in Americans’ —>> read more –>>

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Autocratic Assholery on Display – this time Putin

November 23, 2024

Autocratic Assholery on Display – this time Putin

November 23, 2024

In a recent NYTimes article, “In New Memoir, Merke —>> read more –>>

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Trump and Deportations of Workers

November 18, 2024

Trump and Deportations of Workers

November 18, 2024

Trump appears to be setting the stage to deport mi —>> read more –>>

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Books

Book Review – Revolt of the Rich: How the Politics of the 1970s Widened America’s Class Divide by David Gibbs

November 13, 2024

Book Review – Revolt of the Rich: How the Politics of the 1970s Widened America’s Class Divide by David Gibbs

November 13, 2024

Neoliberalism is the word most frequently used by —>> read more –>>

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Human Nature

147,631,710 – what does this number say about our species?

November 11, 2024

147,631,710 – what does this number say about our species?

November 11, 2024

That is the number of votes that Trump received in —>> read more –>>

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A Little Positive Action in Maine on Election Day

November 7, 2024

A Little Positive Action in Maine on Election Day

November 7, 2024

Maine had a ballot question to limit political act —>> read more –>>

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Trump wins, chaos and fascism to follow…..

November 6, 2024

Trump wins, chaos and fascism to follow…..

November 6, 2024

That is the title of my daily diary entry for Wedn —>> read more –>>

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Record Breaking Lobbying Spending

September 12, 2024

Record Breaking Lobbying Spending

September 12, 2024

The rich and corporations are on a path to set a n —>> read more –>>

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AI Eats Itself

August 27, 2024

AI Eats Itself

August 27, 2024

The 8.27.2024 NYTimes featured this interactive ar —>> read more –>>

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  • Keystone Essays
    • – American Delusions – introduction
    • – Our Social Nature and the Future
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      • – financialization – from production to extraction
    • – healthcare system
    • – american empire
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