John Peeler: Having admitted that a Russian cyber-attack may have occurred, having refused to say whether he believes Putin’s denial, he says that what we need is a joint US-Russian Task Force on Cybersecurity!
John Peeler
John Peeler is a retired professor of political science at Bucknell University, specializing in Latin American and international affairs. After growing up in Florida and Georgia, he moved north as a teenager, and began a lifelong leftward migration. He’s been writing primarily for LA Progressive since 2008. He continues to live in central Pennsylvania.
Kim and Trump: Schoolyard Bullies?
e now face a serious risk with North Korea’s acquisition of both nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of striking US territory. As the commander of US forces in South Korea recently said, only self-restraint now prevents a nuclear war. When we are dealing with Kim Jong-Un on one side and Donald Trump on […]
Archie Bunker’s Revenge: Why Trump STILL Delights the Base
John Peeler: Civil rights for blacks, equal rights for women, challenged the unexamined values of the white working class, as exemplified by Archie Bunker. The reaction was ferocious, and it made the Republican Party the tribune of the white working class.
Are We Still One Country?
John Peeler: The closest parallel to this half century of increasingly intense conflict lies in the decades before the Civil War. May we find the resources to avoid a repeat of that tragic, bloody conflict.
Venezuela: This Does Not End Well
John Peeler: Like every previous Venezuelan government, neither Chávez nor Maduro took steps to break the country’s dependence on petroleum. Rather, they used oil revenues to subsidize their base.
“They Won’t Be Laughing Anymore:” Trump and the Paris Climate Accord
John Peeler: Trump’s climate denial is just the culmination of a generation of systematic efforts by the right wing and major elements of corporate America to cast doubt on the overwhelming consensus among climatologists.
Afghanistan: Trump Joins Bush and Obama in the Swamp
John Peeler: Trump has now ordered 5000 more American troops back into the country. That is just the beginning. Like both his predecessors, he’s going to find that the longer we stay, the more insurgency and terrorism we will provoke.
From War on Poverty to War on the Poor
As a result of the GOP subversion of the War on Poverty, the poverty rate is as bad as ever in depressed rural areas–and in the inner cities.
Just Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps
The ideology of individual responsibility ignores two critical background factors. First, what are the options available to any given person? And second, what are the resources available to that person if their choice turns out badly?
Deep State: The Constitution and the Bureaucracy
Trump failed to reckon with deeply rooted constitutional institutions, a press that loves a fight, and bureaucrats who’ve spent their careers honing their passive-aggressive skills.
Trump Still Digging
This president relishes causing crises. He seems not to understand the peril he is in, the depth of the hole he is digging.
Trump Fires Comey: What’s Really Going On?
Democrats are right to be concerned that his dismissal will allow Trump and the GOP majority in the Senate to appoint a more politically pliable director who will quietly scuttle the Russia investigation.
Saving Kleptocracy from Calamity: Trump’s Perverse Dilemma
If there is one thing that is transparent about the Trump White House, it is that the Trump family are doing kleptocracy bigly.
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