By Richard Larsen.   Even the mention of political parties in general brings out the worst in some people, and the reaction only becomes more vociferous and “colorful” when specific parties are mentioned by name. As despised and [...]

by Stephen Lendman.   The post-9/11 climate was the wrong time to be Muslim in America. Disturbing witch-hunt persecution and injustice followed. Muslims threatening no one were and continue to be hounded for their [...]

By Tom Ogwe. Media reports that Tanzanian authorities have launched a national audit to find “ghost workers” and remove them from civil service payrolls under a corruption crackdown ordered by President John Pombe Magufuli. Imagine [...]

  By Nelson Hultberg.   George Orwell told us, “The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.” Donald Trump has spoken powerful truths to America on immigration, trade policy, foreign wars, media [...]

By Anna Corsaro. “There is nothing so patient, in this world or any other, as a virus searching for a host.” ― Mira Grant, Countdown   Zika is the name, again another mosquito-carried disease that threatens our health. Another [...]

By Leon Hadar.   There’s a parallel between Trump and Reagan but it ends soon enough Reagan was also dismissed as a US presidential candidate but he wasn’t seen as a dangerous man. WITH your permission, let me take a stroll [...]

  By Richard Larsen. The vitriol heaped upon former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney this past week is entirely illogical and irrational. It only makes sense in the emotion-driven context prevailing during this election cycle. But alas, [...]

by Alan Singer.   Other than legal problems with the so-called Trump University, very little attention is being paid to The Donald’s views on education. But the operation of Trump U gives some insight into how the wheeler-dealer-in-chief [...]

By Peter Rosenstein. ASSOCIATED PRESS The second super-Tuesday primaries have come and gone. Five wins for Hillary including Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Illinois and Missouri have increased her pledged delegate lead to over 300. Realistically [...]

By john Vernon.   This past Friday night, I watched Fox News cover the cancelled Trump Rally in Chicago just as they did the riots in Ferguson, Missouri. I hated it then and I hate it now. In fact, there are many similarities between [...]

By Jim Kouri. On Sunday’s televised CNN Democratic Townhall, Democratic Party heir apparent to the White House Hillary Clinton boasted that World leaders are contacting her privately to ask if they can endorse her. She also said they [...]

  by Stephen Lendman.   Obama and Hillary Clinton as secretary of state bear full responsibility for raping and destroying Libyan sovereign independence – including the deaths of many tens of thousands from war, related violence, [...]

    By David Swanson.     U.S. District Judge George Daniels of New York has struck again, ruling that Iran must pay $10 billion to compensate for the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. If you have read this story [...]

  By Frank Salvato.  ​Tonight, as I watch protesters in the streets of Chicago squash the free speech rights of those they do not agree with I exist ashamed of my hometown. I have understood for years that Chicago had arrived at [...]

  By Josep Colomer.     The messy, long season of staggered primary elections make comparisons with more usual elections difficult. But beyond the fragmented figures and percentages that are given by the media, we can look at the [...]

By Richard Larsen. The most disturbing aspect to the Donald Trump candidacy is not the empty rhetoric, non-substantive solutions, or even his brash politically-incorrect style. The most disturbing aspect of his candidacy is what it says about [...]

By Alan Singer.     Pearson (Mis)Education, the British-based global “education” publishers reported a net profit increased in 2015, but that was because it sold off assets including of the Financial Times and The Economist. [...]

By David Swanson. Scholars have documented the consistent pattern. What makes a country far more likely to be invaded, attacked, “intervened in,” or in other words, bombed, is not its lack of democracy or its government’s [...]

    By Rich Rubino. Ted Cruz. Republican Presidential candidate Ted Cruz is taking heat for dirty tricks allegedly orchestrated by his campaign. The tricks range from photoshopping an image to make it appear that one of his opponents, [...]