Robert M. Nelson: Curiously, this democratic socialist concept of NASA had its origins under Republican President Dwight Eisenhower.
It’s Up to Nancy Pelosi to Cave
Ted Rall: When 72% of your party’s voters are progressives and you’re not progressive yourself, you have to step gingerly if you want to avoid a revolt that topples you from power.
Love It or Leave It? Only a Fool Would Say Such a Thing
Lance Simmens: Trump’s ill-tempered bluster and saber-rattling bravado, ironically built around narcissism and cowardice is full evidence of a temperamental and intellectual immaturity befitting a very young and very, very spoiled child.
The Difference Between Liberals and Leftists
Ted Rall: Liberals and leftists identify many of the same problems. Only leftists understand that real solutions require serious pressure on the ruling elites.
10 Questions for Robert Mueller
Bill Blum: An estimated $35 million was spent to fund Mueller’s work; now it’s time for ordinary Americans to hear from him under oath.
Before Capturing an Airport, There Needs to Be One There
Larry Wines: For those who need it — especially the one who (we all know) does not read anything, and therefore desperately needs Reality Orientation 101 — we offer a brief chronological history of how humans came to engage in aerial warfare.
A Split Screen Presidency
Lance Simmens: Given the success of his Svengali-like obsession and success with cultivating massive, gut-wrenching cult-like obedience and razor sharp divisions within the American society there is no guarantee that the time frame might not be longer
Overcoming Black Doubts About the Census
Judith Lewis Mernit: The price for nonparticipation could be high for communities of color, which could lose representation in the state legislature or in Congress.
Barons, Apparatchiks and the Deep State
John Peeler: There appears to be a high concentration of career and political personnel in this shop who are deeply enthusiastic about Trump’s anti-immigrant rants. When he says “Build the Wall,” they ask “How high?”
Dishonoring the Universal Declaration of Human Rights’ 70th Anniversary
Larry Wines: The word “outrage” has become the political equivalent of the “f-word,” so frequently and reactively expressed that it has lost the power that words should evoke.
Impeach Now!
Lance Simmens: All the potentially adverse political calculations of moving forward only serve to highlight the Party’s impotence. Unless we stand for something the public will only conclude that we are weak and stand for nothing.
Bring It to the Table: The Future of Online Poker in America & What We Stand to Gain
Igor Batista: Naysayers cite everything from moral concerns to constitutional law, but it seems like the loudest voices have been from those who stand to lose money — and we’re not talking about the gamblers.
How Guns Literally Go to Men’s Heads
Thom Hartmann: Science shows that simply handling a gun alters men’s levels of testosterone and measurably increases their aggressive behavior.
