By Hall Gardner* In commenting on the new status of Chinese President Xi as president for life, President Trump quipped: “And look, he was able to do that. I think it’s great.
By Peter Wehner* – The New York Times What they left out of their questioning of Michael Cohen says more about the degradation of my former party than anything they said. Michael Cohen’s testimony before Congress on Wednesday revealed as much about the Republican Party as it did…
Robert Reich* – The Guardian The Mueller report looms but the president is doomed anyway – no one who screws the people so blatantly can win re-election Robert Mueller’s soon-to-be-delivered report will begin months of congressional investigations, subpoenas, court challenges…
Nadarajah and Jomo Kwame Sundaram (*) BHUBANESWAR, India and KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 2019 (IPS) – Do politicians’ words matter? Since becoming US President, Donald J Trump has dismissed his opponents and others he does not like as evil, stupid or both.
Ariel Cohen* – Newsweek Watching Vladimir Putin threaten to wipe out your hometown of Washington, D.C. in a national address is an unnerving experience; especially when viewing it in Moscow. Lately, Putin has not been shy about flaunting his shiny new missiles—and using them, if…
By Steve Phillips* – The Nation Is the president of the United States a racist? The short answer is yes, but the question itself actually misses the mark and is dangerously misdirected for those who want to redress the ongoing consequences of racism in America. Since January, a…
By Tom Engelhardt* – TomDispatch Veni, Vidi, Tweeti (I Came, I Saw, I Tweeted) . An Obituary for the Republic What dreamers they were!
By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Jan 2019 (IPS) – The steady decline in multilateralism—accompanied by a rise in unilateralism– is beginning to threaten democratic norms, including press freedom, global governance, civic participation and human rights across Asia, Africa, South…
By Ishaan Tharoor * – The Washington Post DAVOS, Switzerland — In some ways, the agenda at this year’s World Economic Forum — the annual conclave of the global elite — is not that different from the deliberations of 2018. There will be declarations about the struggle against…
By Ed Holt BRATISLAVA, Jan 22 2019 (IPS) – “I’ve never known a time when it was as bad as it is now,” says Beata Balogova, the Vice-Chair of the International Press Institute (IPI) and Editor in Chief of the Slovak Spectator Sme. “In terms of what’s going on with journalists…
