[rewind] Chomsky Makes Case for Lesser Evil Voting
In the second part of this 2020 interview with Robert Scheer, the renowned thinker shares his criticisms of Israel and his views on electoralism.
Chris Hedges: The Politics of Cultural Despair
It is despair that is killing us, eating into the social fabric, rupturing social bonds, and manifesting in self-destructive pathologies.
The Art of the Weapons Deal in the Age of Trump
The president has tried to capitalize on arms sales to the Middle East to consolidate his political position at home throughout his tenure.
Trump’s Barrett Nomination Another Step Toward Christian Fascism
All fascist and totalitarian movements paper over their squalid belief systems with the veneer of morality.
Trump’s Regime Is Getting Deadlier By the Day
It’s worth going through the president's methods of murder in what has become a pernicious regime in ways even he didn't anticipate.
COVID-19 Lays Bare the Reality of ‘Small Government’ Conservatism
With 200,000 dead, Americans are concluding that a more Rooseveltian response was in order.
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.
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.
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
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.
John Barry: The 1918 ‘Spanish Flu’ Was a U.S. Export, But Don’t Call It the Kansas Virus
“The Great Influenza” author gave us a warning 16 years ago that is extremely relevant today: It is always fatal to allow politics to trump science.
Trump Is Losing to China in Two Big Ways
As the FBI’s Christopher Wray put it, “In economic and technical terms is already a peer competitor of the U.S."