News & Politics

Democrats need to stop running against Trump, and instead run against Trump AND the Republican Party as well as Republican voters. That will sound harsh to most Democrats, but Trump is not the problem, merely a symptom of the problem.

The 1% essentially owns many city governments in America. They have mayors and police forces as their army to defend their interests. This is "who" America really is. We've discovered that the friend we always thought was a nice guy has a very dangerous side.

Then, I got curious. How the hell does anyone take advantage of someone who is, at least, intelligent enough to accumulate investment capital? What does it take to convince a "savvy" person to get sucked into a scam? Apparently, not a lot.

Sarah Palin Launches Subscription-Based Online Video Channel. With expenses outstripping fundraising the newest venture continues her crusade to live well off of the anger and anxiety of others.

To say I'm pretty angry at the moment would be an understatement, but then, having lived in the UK for almost 30 years, I...

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Friday, August 26, 2011

The Republican Convention climaxes tonight with Donald Trump's acceptance speech...well, maybe "collapses" is more appropriate than "climaxes".

This week, Huffington Post betrayed their membership and their tentative promise to respect the anonymity of their current members by now requiring ALL members to provide verification of their personal identity if they want to post at the site.

Today President Obama held his promised healthcare summit with congressional leaders. Here is how the various media outlets portrayed the day's events. Some outlets...

We can scream about republican recalcitrance, but when we had power (albeit brief), we spent it developing policies that favored the 1% and submarined any efforts to punish those who robbed the bottom 99% percent of their lifesavings. We created the stimulus which was trickle-down lite.