Having grown up on the Left, I am acutely aware how certain misleading lingo can become reified and cemented into socially acceptable discourse.  Get a room full of radicals together and they will blithely substitute the word, “Imperialism,” for the more common nouns of United States.  Example: “Imperialism has intervened in Afghanistan because it wants [...]

This article on the politics of the debt crisis in Politico tells you everything that is wrong, everything that is blind, everything that is STUPID about conventional Beltway reporting. Glenn Thrush is no dummy and there is some authentically good reporting here. And at least one of the premises of the piece should be admired: [...]

To those of you who have inquired… I am still here.  Just swamped with a summer project and some other stuff.  Health is fine. Spirits are high. Life is good.  Will be back blogging sometime in a week or two.  Thanks to all who have asked.