Section: AlterNet (USA)
GOP Debate Shows a Party Where Crazy Is the New Normal
It’s great theater. But they want to rule the world. Despite the large number of candidates on the stage at the Ronald Reagan Library, the second debate of Republican presidential candidates was an astounding display of how intellectually bankrupt the Republican Party has become in 2015.Beyond the many subplots—such as a red-faced Donald...
Neighbors From Hell: Now Parents Have a Bedtime Story About How Predatory America Has Become
Illustrated and written in rhyme, ‘Neighbors from Hell’ gives parents a way to talk about our messed-up society. It came in a vision a few years back: a book for children that approximated some of the horrors of society that everyday people face, and the monstrous qualities that many people take on as they try to earn a living....
Iran Nuclear Deal: World Powers Reach Historic Agreement to Lift Sanctions
Pact needs approval by US Congress and the Iranian parliament before it can be implemented. Iran and six world powers have concluded an agreement that will lift sanctions onIran but place strict limits on its nuclear programme for more than a decade, in a historic compromise designed to stop the spread of atomic weapons and avert a major new...
Radical Austerity’s Brutal Lies: How Krugman and Chomsky Saw Through Dehumanizing Neoliberal Spin
Some saw through the ruse. The referendum in Greece refuting the European Union’s unbending insistence on radical austerity as the medicine Greeks must continue to swallow is simply not to be missed for its multiple layers of significance. To put the core take-home first, we are all Greeks as they stand against the neoliberal orthodoxy....
Who Is Next to Lead America’s Enemies List?
There is no reason to assume that the anointment of a common enemy will make America and the world any safer than it is today. America’s grand strategy, its long-term blueprint for advancing national interests and countering major adversaries, is in total disarray. Top officials lurch from crisis to crisis, improvising strategies as they...
15 Ways Bill Clinton’s White House Failed America and the World
Many Americans do not associate Clinton with his dark legacy. Bill Clinton remains one of America’s most popular presidents. A national poll last March by NBC and the Wall Street Journal found 56 percent of Americans had a clearly favorable view of Clinton. That’s long been true for African Americans—from novelist Toni Morrison...
Five GOP Chicken Hawks: These Candidates Want To Send Troops Abroad, But Never Served In The Military
All would send ground troops to fight ISIS. As the GOP’s 2016 cast of men who would be president grows, so too do its ranks of chicken hawks—candidates who have never served in the military but are eager send American men and women into wars overseas. While it’s no surprise that these Republicans are feeding off each other in a...
Five GOP Chicken Hawks: They Want To Send Troops Abroad, But Never Served In The Military
All would send ground troops to fight ISIS. As the GOP’s 2016 cast of men who would be president grows, so too do its ranks of chicken hawks—candidates who have never served in the military but are eager send American men and women into wars overseas. While it’s no surprise that these Republicans are feeding off each other in a...
7 Ways to Turn Your Grocery List Into a Ballot for Positive Change
Every purchase is a vote for your values. That’s especially true with the food you choose to buy. One of the easiest and most powerful ways we can make a difference is through our decisions as consumers. What we choose to buy not only says a lot about who we are and what kind of values we have, but also has many cumulative repercussions,...
Worst Idea Ever? Nazi Occupation-Themed Reality Show To Air In Czech Republic
Just, no. In what appears to be an earnest – but entirely tone-deaf – effort to raise awareness of the tragedy of Nazi rule, Czech TV will air a series that takes a modern family and places them in 1939-1945 Czechoslovakia where, according to ABC News, they will “struggle with a range of normal tasks” from harvesting crops...
