For America’s Urgent Health and Safety, Trump Needs to Resign!

Leaning on sober-minded experts in infectious diseases at his daily news conferences, Trump is frantically trying to look good. But the old delusionary Trump keeps resurfacing. On Monday, he rated his coronavirus performance at a perfect ten. On Tuesday, he lied to the public about his knowing it was a pandemic “long before it was called a pandemic.” The facts are just the opposite. … Read More >For America’s Urgent Health and Safety, Trump Needs to Resign!

Detect, Deter and Annihilate: How the Police State Will Deal with a Coronavirus Outbreak

“Fear is a primitive impulse, brainless as hunger, and because the aim of horror fiction is the production of the deepest kinds of fears, the genre tends to reinforce some remarkably uncivilized ideas about self-protection. In the current crop of zombie stories, the prevailing value for the beleaguered survivors is a sort of siege mentality, a vigilance so constant and unremitting that it’s indistinguishable from the purest paranoia. … Read More >Detect, Deter and Annihilate: How the Police State Will Deal with a Coronavirus Outbreak

A Biden-Trump Election Is a Win-Win for Wall Street and a Loss for Our Democracy

It is clear now that Biden will be the Democratic nominee for president in 2020 barring unforeseen circumstances. And the differences between Biden and Trump will be played up by both sides. And, yes, there are many differences between Biden and Trump especially in terms of social and cultural issues, judicial nominations, the administration of executive departments and agencies, and taxes and regulations. … Read More >A Biden-Trump Election Is a Win-Win for Wall Street and a Loss for Our Democracy

Coronavirus Pandemic Reveals Just How Devastating the Greed of For-Profit Insurance Industry Has Become

A word to the wise: During this coronavirus crisis, keep an eye on every move of my old industry: health insurers. Behind the PR spin, they’ll be doing everything they can to deny care and maintain profits while making it look like they’re heroes. … Read More >Coronavirus Pandemic Reveals Just How Devastating the Greed of For-Profit Insurance Industry Has Become