By Robin Abcarian* – Los Angeles Times This week, the U.S. Supreme Court showed that, among its many talents, it’s pretty damn good at simple calculations: If cities don’t have enough beds to shelter homeless people, then police may not force the homeless off public…
By Tyler Durden* –Zero Hedge Authored by Daniel Lacalle via DLacalle.com The results of the UK elections have shown something that I have commented on several occasions: The widely spread narrative that British citizens had regretted having voted for Brexit was simply incorrect…
The Economist The Conservatives triumph. Yet Boris Johnson faces tough challenges over Brexit—and much else GRIMSBY SUMMED UP a fantastic night for the Conservatives and a terrible one for Labour and the Liberal Democrats.
By Ellen Brown* – Truthdig+ Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan called Paul Volcker “the most effective chairman in the history of the Federal Reserve.” But while Volcker, who passed away Dec. 8 at age 92, probably did have the greatest historical impact of any…
David Miliband* – Opinion, Newsweek No one pretends that managing a refugee and migration crisis is easy. Not Colombia, with at least 1.5 million people fleeing from Venezuela.
By Vijay Prashad* – Independent Media Institute Noam Chomsky recently celebrated his 91st birthday. As an homage to Noam, I spent the day with one of his lesser-known books—The Backroom Boys (1973).
By Francesco Martone* More than 20 years have passed since the United Nations adopted a Declaration on Human Rights Defenders that acknowledged the role of individuals and collectives that struggle to protect human rights. Since then, multiple initiatives have unfurled and…
By Naveed Jamali* – Newsweek 12/6/19 – With the announcement by Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday that she instructed key House chairmen to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, the expected outcome of the inquiry has been formalized. But for many…
Editorial The prime minister kept a calculated distance from the US president at the Nato summit because he knows their similarities play badly with voters A US president’s low-key exit from a Nato summit, skipping the traditional press conference, would once have been perceived…
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures From Hong Kong to Tehran to Buenos Aires, the world appears to be destabilizing. The question that has been raised is whether there is an underlying cause triggering this global unrest. On the surface, the answer to that ought to be no.
