Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading.- Patriotic Millionaires highlight the connection between the extreme concentration of wealth and the Epstein class' culture of depravity and impunity. Amanda Mull is the…
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading.- Patriotic Millionaires highlight the connection between the extreme concentration of wealth and the Epstein class' culture of depravity and impunity. Amanda Mull is the…
This and that for your Sunday reading.- John Ripton writes about the connection between the egregious concentration of wealth and the rise of fascist politics. And Virginia Heffernan points out…
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Will Snell points out the connection between extreme wealth and unconscionable impunity as epitomized by Jeffrey Epstein and his elite co-conspirators. And Joan Wallach…
Live - They Stood Up For Love
This and that for your Thursday reading.- David Lurie is rightly appalled by the Trump regime's nihilism, combining insatiable greed for whatever it can seize with a willingness to destroy…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Zoe Williams writes that Donald Trump is just the most egregious and unrestrained example of the vice-signalling which has become standard operating procedure among…
Multidirectional cat.
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Brian Beutler writes that the events of Super Bowl weekend show how Donald Trump - even with the support of most of the…
I haven't yet put together the candidate profiles and other posts I'm planning for the ongoing NDP leadership campaign. But for now, I'll take time to survey a few noteworthy…
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Samantha Hancox-Li writes about the need for the U.S.' citizenry to retake power from a militarized surveillance state through nonviolent organized resistance. And Philip…
Metric - Victim of Luck
Assorted content to end your week.- Matt Seybold writes about the message sent at Davos that AI will be forced on people regardless of whether they want it (or whether…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Seva Gunitsky notes that the same culture of elite impunity is behind both the Epstein files and Donald Trump's Russian connections. And Alan…
Tuckered-out cat.
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Anand Giridharadas writes that the most important takeaway from the Epstein files is the existence of the "Epstein class" which considers itself beyond…
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Don Moynihan examines how the U.S. is experiencing a more rapid fall from democracy to autocracy than any other country in recent history.…
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Sidney Blumenthal writes that the Trump regime never ceases to spiral downward (no matter how difficult it would seem to get worse than their…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Jeremy Wallace examines China's massive - if messy - renewable energy revolution which stands to make fossil fuels obsolete in the very near future.…
Reaching cat.
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Adam Serwer offers a hopeful take on how Minnesota is proving MAGA social theory wrong, showing that the vast majority of people are…