"The point of different city transport agencies nationwide is to foster mobility. These MTAs run the local or regional transit service, and in some cases manage parking, taxis, roads, and other right-of-way issues. But many of them do a poor job. They manage transit...
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Netanyahu Just Got The Gift Of The Century
by Steven Woskow | Jan 23, 2020 | Blog
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received the gift of the century on Thursday when Vice President Mike Pence invited him and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz to the White House for talks next Tuesday about the long-awaited peace plan, otherwise known as the 'Deal Of...
Collateral
by Kym Robinson | Jan 23, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The dirt crunched hard as the blade of the shovel pushed deeper, a boot kicked the metal head further into the Earth. Lifting the weight of rock and clumped dirt from the ground, he threw it to the side and repeated the action. The pain of the labor did not deter him,...
‘Whistleblower’ Was Overheard in ’17 Discussing With Ally How to Remove Trump
by Scott Horton | Jan 22, 2020 | Blog
I don't doubt it. I'd be surprised if it stopped there. Eric Ciaramella was a Brennan guy. So the worst must be presumed, that he was sent there to find anything possible that could be used to launch an impeachment. You know, after their "Trump is guilty of the...
Greenwald Interviewed on His Charges
by Scott Horton | Jan 22, 2020 | Blog
In The New Yorker: The case against you relies in part on the claim that you helped in “facilitating the commission of a crime.” Did you do anything to encourage the hacking of cell phones or other devices? No. In fact, when the source first talked to me, he had...
Policemen Are Monsters
by Scott Horton | Jan 17, 2020 | Blog
Do you-all read the Free Thought Project? They do heroic work every day. [warning: bring ad blockers.]
Benjamin Ferencz: The Immoral Killing Of The Iranian General
by Steven Woskow | Jan 17, 2020 | Blog
The New York Times has published a letter from former war crime prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz. Ferencz was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg war trials. His website is here. From his Bio. The U.S. had decided to prosecute a broad cross section of Nazi criminals once the...
The Bank of England’s Governor Fears a Liquidity Trap
by Frank Shostak | Jan 17, 2020 | Economics, Featured Articles
The global economy is heading towards a “liquidity trap” that could undermine central banks’ efforts to avoid a future recession according to Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England. In a wide-ranging interview with the Financial Times (January 8, 2020), the...
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Disparity
From Mondoweiss:
Law of the Jungle vs. Law of the Market
In the jungle, consumers compete, tooth and claw, with each other for scarce food. In the market, producers compete, peacefully, with each other, producing abundance for consumers. In the jungle, the rule is: eat or be eaten. In the market, it is: serve so that you...
Virtues Are Not Vices
In some quarters nuance is a vice, in others a crime.
The Antiwar Comic: The New Narrative
You can't escape the Narrative, no matter what it is. More comics at the Webcomic Factory.
It is Not Enough Just to Be Correct…One Must Be Correct in the Critical Moment
I do not recall being afraid in March 2020. Truth be told, I do remember being excited to stay home from work with my wife and our baby. (You see, as an attorney, remote work was a luxury afforded to me (but not others)). Sure, on some level I knew something was off...
Synonyms Are Rarer than You Think
Understand is not a synonym for condone, much less for justify or excuse.
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