Summary: The campaign lurches along as a sequence of surprises that hide more of the same. Neither party learns from their mistakes. The Democrats’ convention in Philadelphia show their use of smears and professionally-run spectacles to avoid meeting the challenge posed by Trump’s issues. It might work in 2016. I doubt it will work as …
CounterPunch shows us the heart of Clinton’s politics. It’s not pretty. Read More »
Summary: Anthropologist Maximilian Forte looks at aspects of Brexit seldom mentioned by the news media, and its long-term significance (beyond the immediate tantrums by institutional investors and traders). This is a follow-up to yesterday’s Brexit was logical, neither racist nor irrational. The World Changed Overnight By Maximilian C. Forte From Zero Anthropology Posted with …
An anthropologist looks at Brexit: The World Changed Overnight Read More »
Summary: Campaign 2016 is weird almost beyond belief. The oddness of the Republican-Right side has been much discussed, but less so the weirdness of the Democrat-Left. Their Party is not what it once was, and their members are not happy about the change. 2016 might spark a divorce. The Democratic Party is not what it …
Why the Left will divorce Hillary and the new Democratic Party Read More »
Contrary to the “there’s no difference between the two parties” nonsense, the core of GOP tax policy since the 1970s has been tax cuts for the rich — paid for by cutting benefits for everybody else and increasing deficits. Despite Trump’s faux-populist rhetoric, his tax proposal is right-wing orthodoxy. Now he seeks to dress this …
Taxes: one of the bright lines distinguishing Trump from Clinton Read More »
Summary: Political commentary often reveals more from its blindness than its insights. For example, a widely-cited analysis at Salon by journalist Andrew O’Hehir tells us some entertaining harsh truths — but avoids deeper, useful insights that would disturb his Outer Party readers (i.e., politically passive managers and professionals). “Two despised frontrunners, two dying parties & …
American politics isn’t broken. It’s working just fine for the 1%. Read More »
