On Wednesday, the New York Times ran what can only be described as a hit piece on China. The writer, Carlos Tejada, points to videos released by China’s state media that target children. The subject of the videos? The Belt and Road Initiative, China’s ambitious...
The Senate voted 84-14 to confirm Robert Lighthizer as US Trade Representative. [Link] Nuclear waste produced by US nuclear weapons is being stored in unsafe conditions. A storage site is leaking nuclear waste, and the project to stop the leak will cost a total of...
Chelsea Manning issued a statement before her release from prison next week. [Link] A new report claims that 23,000 homicides occurred in Mexico in 2016. [Link] On the Scott Horton Show, Conn Hallinan makes the case that the US is moving towards first strike...
The United Airlines CEO was another in a long list of business executives who have had to appear before a congressional committee of mostly lawyers who have never run anything. The inquisition is always the same: Executives have to prostrate themselves before the...
