Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Robert Reich examines how the uber-wealthy have undermined any pretense of decision-making in the public interest - and how political financing rules and more…
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Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Oliver Milman reports on a new study showing that the U.S. has inflicted $10 trillion in climate damage just since 1990, with China ranking…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Jan-Werner Muller discusses Pete Hegseth's development of a nihilistic death cult. Dave Levitin comments on the connection between the elite choice to keep…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Paul Krugman notes that Donald Trump has upended the theory that presidential influence on the economy is overstated, as every new difficulty facing…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Anne Applebaum weighs in on the inevitable recognition by any remotely rational actor that it's pointless to offer Donald Trump any respect or trustworthiness…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Mona Charen writes that Donald Trump's war in Iran can't be explained by any motive other than a sheer ego trip. Steven Beschloss…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Alex Nguyen examines the petro-imperialism which is being inflicted on the world by the Trump administration. And David Dayen writes that the Iran war…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Thomas Unner discusses how Olof Palme's candour offers a needed lesson for Mark Carney and other leaders facing Donald Trump's threats. Patrick Lennox…
Monarchist League of Canada Proposes Having the King Open Gordie Howe Bridge
The Gordie Howe International Bridge is slated to open this year. However, Donald Trump, possibly bribed by the bridge's perennial opponents, the Moroun family, has cast doubt on the bridge…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Brian Beutler comments on the Trump regime's absolute lack of distinction between war and politics, and what that means for any hope of…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Bruce Boccardy writes about the continued centrality of class struggle. Melissa Ryan comments on the realities that "Epstein class" is by far the most…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Mark Kreidler notes that people from around the globe are staying away from the U.S. in droves - due to both the risk…
Mark Carney made ‘terrible mistake’ by parroting Donald Trump’s justification for war on Iran, says historian and security expert
Prime Minister Mark Carney made “a terrible mistake” with his immediate full-throated support of U.S. President Donald Trump’s war of choice in Iran, Canadian historian and security-intelligence expert Wesley Wark…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Adam Serwer points out the glaring contrast between real accountability for bad actors in other countries, and the U.S.' culture of absolute elite…
Some Editorial Reflections
Although throughout most of my life I have been an inveterate writer of letters to the editor, I rarely write such missives anymore, for reasons that are not entirely clear…
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…
Saturday Afternoon Links
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…
Thursday Afternoon Links
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…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
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…