How Conservatism Becomes Fascism

In 1946, in one of the great cosmopolitan cities of Europe, ancient and yet contemporary, with a tradition of culture, music, popular culture and...

The Republicans and Growing Neo-Fascism in America

Many people think of Fascism and they think of Nazis and the Gestapo and concentration camps. That concept, while accurate as far as it...

The Next Two Years

The November 2014 elections were pretty clear. In some states Senators or Governors won by as many as 70% of the vote. Of course,...

Hedge Fund Managers Are Coming for Your State Pension Funds.

One of the most serious and largest scams now being perpetrated by the Republican Party on the American public is the “unfunded liability” state...

The foundations of American Neo-Fascism

Hitler, above all, was a racist. He thought that interbreeding between different races was wrong, but not merely wrong—disastrously wrong. He thought that Darwin’s...

The Scott Walker Story

Being fair to Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin is very difficult. It is like trying to be fair in analyzing the administration of Benito...

Inequality and Poverty

Government is failing Americans. A nation accustomed to creating new industries, technologies and good jobs within those industries can no longer expect vision from...

Zionism, Israel, Palestine and Peace

By Joseph D. O’Shaughnessy(The recent comments by Llhan Omar, the member of the House of Representatives from Minnesota, concerning Israel and American Jewish support...

The Sanders Revolution

The world is changing  again. Instead of a 40-something running for President, we have two 60 or 70-somethings. Maybe it takes that long to...

Governor Brownback, the Wizard of Oz

Has Kansas, under Governor Sam Brownback, become  second-rate, with a semi-Fascist government? The answer is in the history of the state since Brownback took...

Down Trump’s Golden Brick Road

We must examine the Trump infrastructure plan.At first, it sounds, well, pretty good. And then you get the details.First, why do you think Trump...

Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Teacher Speaks Out for Common Sense Gun Control

A teacher from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school where 17 students were murdered and at least a dozen others were wounded by...

The Nightmare of U.S. Private Prisons

With everything else you have to worry about—Fascism in government, domestic terrorists and the lack of intelligent response, a congress trying to overthrow all...

The Catholic Church, the President, the Heritage Foundation and Birth Control

One of the implementations of the new health care reform that has gone into effect is the provision that says that women’s reproductive health,...

On Nazis, Fascists, Neocons and Republican Governors

Often in blog posts on the Internet, especially heated political arguments, people start slinging around the term "Nazi," particularly in discussions of Neoconservative Republicans....