Category Archives: government

WARS: WHO KNEW?

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Arlen Grossman

How We Learned Not To Care About America’s Wars  By Andrew Bacevich/ TomDispatch/ October 5, 2017 Consider, if you will, these two indisputable facts.  First, the United States is today more or less permanently engaged in hostilities in not one … Continue reading →

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Random Musings

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Arlen Grossman

When we don’t get health care, tax reform, gun control or any of the myriad things that the majority of American citizens want, many people are puzzled and ask, “Why is that?” The answer should be obvious. Billionaires and Big Corporations … Continue reading →

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WHY THE SUPREME COURT IS WRONG ABOUT THE 2ND AMENDMENT

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Arlen Grossman

So Few Americans Understand What the Second Amendment Is Really About—or Its Dark History By Thom Hartmann/ AlterNet/ October 2, 2017   With the crazed assault in Las Vegas that killed over 50 and wounded hundreds as only the most … Continue reading →

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ILLEGITIMATE ELECTION

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Arlen Grossman

Clapper: Intelligence community ‘cast doubt on the legitimacy’ of Trump’s victory By Josh Delk/ The Hill/ September 23, 2017 The former director of National Intelligence said that the intelligence community’s conclusion that Russians sought to influence the 2016 election “cast … Continue reading →

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Lewis Black on GOP Health Care Bill

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Arlen Grossman
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WHO NEEDS DEMOCRACY ANYWAY?

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Arlen Grossman

US State Department considers dropping ‘democracy’ from its mission statement By Josh Rogin/ Washington Post/ August 1, 2017 The US State Department is considering dropping “democracy” from its key mission statement as Secretary of State Rex Tillersonorders his department to … Continue reading →

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The Sorry Plight of the Worker

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Arlen Grossman

A 21st-Century Form of Indentured Servitude Has Already Penetrated Deep into the American Heartland Corporations want to make sure that laborers never again have the power to tell big business how to treat them. By Thom Hartmann/ AlterNet/ July 17,2017 … Continue reading →

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( Why) The Resistance Is Losing

Posted on July 8, 2017 by Arlen Grossman

By Umair Haque/ Bad Words/ June 30, 2017   The Muslim ban is in effect. The info shock-troops are attacking journalists daily. There are open calls for violence from major national institutions like the NRA. Hate crimes are spiking. Sorry. … Continue reading →

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Is America Past the Point of No Return?

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Arlen Grossman

(It may be my imagination, but Thom Hartmann appears to be channeling and expanding on my June 25 Op-Ed…..) Oligarchs representing monopolistic Big Pharma, Big Banks, and Big Retail/Fast Food are devastating us. By Thom Hartmann/ AlterNet/ July 4, 2017 … Continue reading →

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Next Stop: Fascism?

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Arlen Grossman

Trump and the War on the Media: On the road to Fascism By  Steven Jonas/ OpEdNews/ July 4, 2017   Trump’s attacks on the media are getting evermore virulent. Much is known and has been written about the “what.” Not … Continue reading →

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