Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Moira Doneghan writes that the Jeffrey Epstein e-mails released over the past week provide a window into the anti-morality of the wealthy and…
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Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Catarina Saraiva and Jaewon Kang warn that the U.S. economy is a Jenga tower in which pieces needed to support the middle class…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Andrew Coyne recognizes that there's no point in pretending that trade negotiations with the U.S. under the control of a mad king can…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Liz Dye writes that the only insurrection occurring in the U.S. is the Trump regime's attempt to overthrow democracy. Jeremy Berg highlights the need…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Stephen Marche writes that Canada is finding its voice in response to the U.S.' threats and bad faith under the Trump regime - at…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Noah Berlatsky discusses how Donald Trump is imposing a recession on America at large while dispensing obscene riches for his cronies, while Mona…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Max Fawcett discusses how renewable energy will power the future despite the attempts of oil tycoons and their pet politicians to keep us…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thusday reading.- Ross Andersen discusses how the Trump regime's combination of funding cuts and anti-knowledge ideology is destroying the U.S.' position as a scientific and…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Tom Nichols discusses how the only discernible values behind the Trump regime are those of corruption and retribution. And Toby Buckle writes about…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Qasim Rashid offers a reminder that the U.S.' deficit and debt are the result of a political system controlled by and for the…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Julia Steinberger writes about the necropolitics surrounding the climate breakdown - as fossil fuel interests have declared our lives forfeit, and our scope…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Kelsey Ables reports on the latest Oxfam study showing that the world's wealthiest few could end poverty dozens of times over by paying their…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- David Moscrop writes about the difficulty in trying to respond to a news stream constantly filled with horrors without breaking down. George Monbiot discusses…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Bill McKibben rightly describes the Trump regime's attacks on the entire federal regulatory apparatus as vandalism with a plan (which includes making things more…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Natalie Alms reports that Elon Musk's attempt to manufacture a fraud scandal at the Social Security Administration has failed miserably - except to the…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Jason Hickel discusses how capitalism is fundamentally in conflict with the idea of democracy - and how increasing democratic control over the economy…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Toby Buckle notes that the most accurate predictions for Donald Trump's second term have been the ones which warned about the worst (and even…
Collingwood’s Mystery Councillor
Who is Ian MacCulloch? We were only told by the town that he’s the newly-appointed councillor, chosen this month by council to fill the seat vacated by Brandon Houston, who…
Just because the corruption plays out in public doesn’t mean it’s not corruption
A week ago, Senator Chris Murphy said the Trump White House was “on its way to being the most corrupt in the history of the country.” That statement is wrong.…
The rule of law matters
Chris Murphy is the junior United States Senator for Connecticut. In 2024, The Guardian newspaper named him one of the Democratic Party's rising stars, active in several policy areas, particularly…