Bill McKibben* The US Department of Agriculture has forbidden the use of the words ‘climate change’. This say-no-evil policy is doomed to fail In a bold new strategy unveiled on Monday in the Guardian, the US Department of Agriculture – guardians of the planet’s richest…
Posted by Yves Smith – Naked Capitalism Yves here. Readers will likely concur with Bacevich’s analysis but find his proposals to be simplistic, starting with the fact that he calls them preliminary yet two of them require Constitutional amendments.
Burrowes* A wonderful thing about observing and analyzing the human mind is that there is a seemingly infinite variety of phenomena to observe and analyze. I sometimes wonder if it is even remotely possible to master this subject but, even if it is not, at least it provides an…
By Mustapha Karkouti*, Special to Gulf News He has effectively disqualified himself from overseeing the peace process as he “adopted Israel’s position” in the negotiation between the two parties Being a son-in-law is not a qualification, even if you are the son-in-law of the…
Paul Mason – The Guardian The ultra-right will have a tough choice between sticking with Trump or switching to a socially conservative, libertarian presidency headed by Mike Pence A brief list of the “known unknowns” suggests Donald Trump’s presidency will not survive 12 months…
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg –The New York Times WASHINGTON — Whit Ayres, a Republican political consultant here, likes to tell his clients that there are “three keys to credibility.” “One, never defend the indefensible,” he says. “Two, never deny the undeniable. And No. 3 is: Never…
By Mariam Wallet Aboubakrine, Albert K. Barume and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz * GENEVA / NEW YORK, Aug 7 2017 (IPS) – The world’s indigenous peoples still face huge challenges a decade after the adoption of an historic declaration on their rights, a group of United Nations experts…
By Anna Shen* SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug 2017 (IPS) – Gender inequality is the greatest moral and social issue of our time — and the world’s most critical economic challenge. If half of the global population cannot fulfill their human potential, the world’s economic growth…
Chris Mooney – The Washington Post In recent years, it has become increasingly common to frame the climate change problem as a kind of countdown — each year we emit more carbon dioxide, narrowing the window for fixing the problem, but not quite closing it yet. After all…
By William Becker* – Huffington Post It seems like a lifetime ago that candidate Donald Trump assured the media that he would be very different if he became president. “I’ll be more effective and more disciplined,” he said. “I will be so presidential, you will be so bored.” It…
