Yesterday, Juan Cole posted on "Class Conflict in Egypt," http://www.juancole.com/2011/01/egypts-class-conflict.html. As usual, v...

I was last in Egypt more than a quarter of a century ago, in the early days of the Mubarak regime, before the US had seriously paid down the...

So, in his State of the Union message, President Obama threw the Congressional GOP some bones, support for the free trade pact with Korea an...

I cannot copy the memo, only read it on the web. Its willingness to write so honestly about our neoliberal capitalism, it is interesting and...

Other than the ability to manipulate and control its people and to export destruction to the rest of the world, the US empire seems to be fa...

I remember that, a few years ago, it seemed to be a full-time job explaining to people why it didn’t matter very much whether the US bought ...

It is bad enough that Glenn Beck continues to pollute the airwaves on Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, having called for people to be "sh...

Brian Beutler has some fun with the following absurd claim from the GOP: Top Republicans are claiming credit for a variety of metrics showi...

The Heritage Foundation has just released its latest index of economic freedom around the world and has Singapore in a solid and rising seco...

In the wake of the Arizona shooting, Congress is discussing a number of ways to protect themselves from gun violence. The most interesting ...

The gun nuts can go to hell. They have managed recently to get the US Supreme Court to change the longstanding interpretation of the Second...

According to this source , Federal government purchases were almost 8.1% of GDP during 2009. While the Republican Party tells us that they ...

Here’s a short snippet from my unfolding macro text: It is possible that this relationship has been changing over time. If you plotted only...

From an interview with John Hall, ex-rocker, ex-Congressman: Hall declined to comment on his future plans. Rumors have been floating around...

I just posted a YouTube video discussing the Invisible Handcuffs, which comes out in two days on January 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q...