Letter from LA: To Rehabilitate Prisoners, Rehabilitate Jails
The author spent years on a commission designed to improve outcomes for LA Countys 17,000 prisoners but found roadblocks purposely placed in every direction.
The Top 5 Most Horrible Things Trump Said in the Presidential Debate
The true horror lay in what the president had to say about the actual policy issues that were brought up in the first presidential debate of 2020.
Just In Case You Missed It
To see all of Mr. Fish’s work on Scheerpost, click here. Copyright 2020 Mr. Fish / Dwayne Booth
Tax Revelations and Corporate Media Won’t Defeat Trump
Reporting on the president's taxes might give the impression he is finally on the verge of political downfall. Don’t believe it for a moment.
Discredited Russian Bounty Story Exposes Media’s Role in Status Quo
The military says they can't find evidence to support it, yet the New York Times and others have not repudiated the reports or issued corrections.
Patriotic History is Fake History
Feel-good stories and the series of platitudes studied in elementary and secondary textbooks is no way to teach the young.
Out with the Old
To see all of Mr. Fish’s work on Scheerpost, click here. Copyright 2020 Mr. Fish / Dwayne Booth
Trump’s Syria Mission Is His Most Absurd Military Decision Yet
While in scale and scope the mission is comparably modest, it's perhaps most illustrative of how a generation of off-the-rails hyper-interventionism “ends.”
The Opioids Crisis During the Covid Pandemic
What people do in the face of protracted isolation and despair is turn to whatever coping strategy they’ve got.
Journalists Need to Be Clear About a Clear Threat to Democracy
Despite abundant evidence, corporate media so far have treated the question of whether Trump is trying to steal the election as a matter of opinion.
Trump Gets History About as Much as He Understands Epidemics
Having crashed the economy and polished off tens of thousands of Americans with his irrational policies, Trump is now coming for American history.
Chris Hedges: The Cost of Resistance
You can measure the effectiveness of resistance by the fury of the response by ruling elites.
Plague Journal #26: What Future Grandkids Will Ask
Remembering 'The Day the Sun Didn't Rise' and other big moments from the pseudo-apocalypse.
Beware Corporate Covid Propaganda
CEOs say they’re cutting their own pay in solidarity with laid off or hurting workers — only, not really.