Ahead Of Trump Armageddon Is Taken Very Seriously In Silicon Valley
Getting ready for Armageddon is no longer monopolized by conspiracy theorists on the fringe. As a lengthy New Yorker story explains, it’s actually quite common among the richest Americans in Silicon Valley. For the uber-rich, preparing for a breakdown in…
While New York Times Editors Bickered, Trump (And Putin) Got Away
Now that the horses have left the barn, trotted out the front gate, and are galloping headlong down the county road, editors at the New York Times have taken to public bickering about who left the stalls unlatched. Not that…
Edward Snowden’s attorneys appeal to European Union’s parliament for asylum
Edward Snowden’s attorneys asked the European Parliament on Monday to consider granting asylum to the former NSA contractor in lieu of letting him risk a potential life sentence in the United States should he be ordered out of Russia. U.S….
Inequality, not poverty
THE key social, economic and political concern of our times, both domestically and globally, ought to be inequality, not simply poverty. Poverty has been far easier to address and to reduce, inequality, far more complicated, almost near impossible. Poverty is…
Donald Trump signs executive order defunding International Planned Parenthood
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday barring federal funds from organizations that promote abortion around the world, including the International Planned Parenthood Federation, in what activists say is the president’s first major pro-life action while in office. The…
The Corporate Media Isn’t Coming Close to Holding Trump Accountable
One of Donald Trump’s first official acts as president was to sign an executive order that will make it more expensive for first-time and low-income homebuyers to buy and keep their homes. His second act was to, among other possible…
What we actually lose when the USDA and EPA can’t talk to the public
Facts aren’t political Pexels Government science is useless if the public can’t learn about it In the summer of 2015 a tropical storm slammed into the mountains of Myanmar and triggered one of the largest landslides not caused by an…
Net Neutrality Faces A New Threat Under Trump
President Donald Trump named the top Republican at the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, a vocal adversary of net neutrality, as chair of the agency Monday. Appointed to his current FCC commissioner seat by former President Barack Obama at the…
Understanding net neutrality: Seven essential reads
By The Conversation. Via shutterstock.com Editor’s note: The following is a roundup of archival stories. Ajit Pai. Federal Communications Commission With the selection of Ajit Pai to chair the Federal Communications Commission, President Trump has elevated a major foe of…
Moody’s Urges Washington to Manage Entitlement Spending
Moody’s Investors Service said Tuesday that U.S. decisions on taxing and spending would have a larger than usual impact on the nation’s credit profile in the near future. The analysis said President Donald Trump’s plans to cut taxes and spend…