If a large chunk of the public can be persuaded that a man who is incapable of finding the door is “sharp as a tack,” they can be made to believe a lot of other things too, writes Jonathan Cook.
Biden & Make-Believe Democracy
Month: January 2025
Chris Hedges: Don’t Deify Jimmy Carter
The late U.S. president may have done good works out of office, but in power he fomented a series of domestic and foreign policy disasters.
Vijay Prashad: Tears of Our Children
From Palestine to Sudan, imperialist wars are destroying the lives of innocent children, leaving long-term physical and psychological wounds on those who survive.
Office Pool 2025
Andrew P. Napolitano offers 20 multiple-choice predictions concerning the Trump team, the U.S. government, the Supreme Court, popular culture, an array of politicians — and more.
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Chris Hedges Report: Big Tech’s Complicity in Genocide
Saima Akhter, Hossam Nasr, Tariq Ra’ouf — formerly of Meta, Microsoft and Apple, respectively — recount their in-house struggles over the genocide, which ultimately led to each of their dismissals.
An Ignored US Diplomat’s Warning on Russia
In an interview with Natylie Baldwin, E. Wayne Merry reflects on his 1994 State Department telegram concerning Western relations with post-Soviet Russia.