Patrick Lawrence: The Wreckage Biden Leaves
A lightweight when it came time to prove himself as a statesman and a leader, the White House has simply defeated him.
One Night for Biden, Four Bad Years for Us?
By Les Leopold / Substack The spinmeisters are twirling away trying to convince us that President Biden only had a bad night. It happens to all of us, doesn’t it?…
[Rewind] Remembering the Shock of Reporting on Kent State
By Larry Bensky / ScheerPost Editor’s Note: This story was originally published by ScheerPost on March 4, 2020. We are now republishing it in remembrance of the 54th anniversary of…
Chomsky: Optimism of the Will
And the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Abolish the CIA
By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch Just about every lousy U.S. foreign policy escapade from the 1950s to the late ‘70s traces back to the CIA. From the catastrophic1953 coup of…
We’ve Been on Trump’s Road for a Long, Long Time
Beyond Our Control: The author's first book, about the mid-1970s, describes a moment eerily reminiscent of today's American reality.
Putting the Pandemic in Historical Context: Robert Scheer on ‘Fortress on the Hill’ (pt. 1)
Robert “Bob” Scheer, famed journalist, interviewer, activist, and editor, stops by the podcast to discuss his career, his interviews with American presidents from Nixon to Clinton, and his radio show…
Daniel Ellsberg: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner
The former military analyst talks about why he leaked the Pentagon Papers and why there aren’t more whistleblowers today.
Oliver Stone: A Controversial and Provocative Original (Part I)
The Oscar-winning director discusses his unique take on history through his films.