When I go to bed at night, I like to relax for a few minutes by reading some enjoyable novel. But I think I’m going to switch to reading the opinion pages […]
Wall St. Journal: Better Than a Good Novel
Can Bernie Sanders Stop the Far Right?
What is the Bernie Sanders campaign really after? Socialists, including this blog site, have said his main thrust is to draw the workers’ movement away from independence, away from building its own […]
New Hampshire Primary and Beyond
So far, there has not been a presidential election like this since 1968, when thousands of youth faced a police riot outside the Democratic convention in Chicago. Or maybe 1972, when the […]
Iowa Election Results: Crisis in Both Parties
Back in December, Bret Stephens, one of the main columnists for the Wall St. Journal, wrote a column entitled “Let’s Elect Hillary Now”. He addressed it: “Dear Fellow Conservatives,” and he commented, […]
The Man With No Home: Hassan’s Story
as told by “S” (Note: “S” teaches German at a refugee camp in Germany.) Today I had a totally interesting German lesson day. In fact, we did close to no German at all. […]
The Democratic Party “Debate”: One family with a few squabbles
The fourth and last “debate” of the Democratic candidates for their party’s nomination for president was held last night.The two real candidates (Clinton and Sanders) and the faux candidate (O’Malley) all agreed […]
Martin Luther King, jr.
Today, as the nation “celebrates” the birthday of Martin Luther King, we should remember him as he really was, rather just than as a kindly man who gave a few nice speeches, […]
Can Sanders Break from the Democratic Party?
Can the Bernie Sanders campaign lead to a split away from the Democratic Party? That’s the subject of a debate I’ve been having with some socialists who support Sanders. How could such a […]
Economic Interests Behind Malheur Occupation
There are powerful economic interests behind militia occupation of the center at the Malheur National Wildlife Reserve in eastern Oregon. It all starts with federal (that is, public) ownership of land. Look at the […]
“Organized Labor and the Black Worker in America, 1619-1981” by Philip Foner: Book Review
The rise of Donald Trump, the internet videos of white racists – some of them workers – insulting and threatening Black Lives Matter activists, the swing of white male blue collar workers […]