Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The country is in the midst of a constitutional crisis. Asked about its resolution, former Secretary of State John Kerry urged that the solution is to elect a Democratic Congress, and if possible, senate–the solution is for voters to vote. It is true that US voter participation rates are extremely […]
Trump’s Enablers boast of Saving Nation but Reveal they’re Looting the Nation
The anonymous op-ed in the New York Times Wednesday that described a White House in meltdown was not an act of courage. It was a piece of moral cowardice of the worst sort. The writer wanted to assure us that there are “adults in the room” around Trump who are reining in his worst plans […]
Crazytown Abroad: Trump’s Dreams of Preemptive War, Assassination and Withdrawal
Trump on Bashar al-Assad: “Let’s fucking kill him! Let’s go in. Let’s kill the fucking lot of them.”
Trump Gingerly, Politely begs Russia not to Do Syria Idlib Campaign, Pretty Please
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – AFP reports that President Trump is cautioning the Syrian regime against launching an all-out assault on the last remaining rebel stronghold of Idlib Province. He also said that Russia and Iran would be making “a grave humanitarian mistake” to take part. It is hard to take the humanitarian part too […]
On Labor Day, American Workers are Poor because they Aren’t Socialists
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The emergence of the Democratic Socialists of America caucus in the Democratic Party and its stars such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York City and Rashida Tlaib in Detroit is a signal of profound disappointment among working Americans with the current social deal they are being offered by management. The […]
McCain Funeral: TV makes it all about Personalities, elides Oil Drilling, War, Tax Cuts
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Cable television news shows and perhaps social media as well are misleading us by concentrating on personalities instead of issues, and the funeral of Sen. John McCain was more of the same. I was once in the same room with John McCain at a DC think tank meeting, and on […]
China defies Trump on Iran, Creating new Benchmark Crude Market in Yuan
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – China’s new futures market in Shanghai is trading in the Chinese currency, the Yuan, rather than dollars. One reason for dumping the dollar in this regard is that the Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Asset Control is trying to stop countries from buying Iranian petroleum. The Dept of […]
In Epochal Shift, California Votes for 100% Green Electricity by 2045
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This week, the California state legislature voted to mandate that all the state’s electricity come from non-carbon sources (chiefly wind, solar and hydro) by 2045. Since California if it were a country would have the world’s fifth largest economy, and since so many other states are economically integrated with it, […]
Top 7 Reasons Progressive Andrew Gillum can Defeat “Monkey it Up” DeSantis
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Congressional representative and Florida gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis shocked the nation on Wednesday by warning Florida voters not to “monkey it up” by electing African-American democratic standard-bearer Andrew Gillum, whom he incorrectly described as a “socialist.” Gillum was a Hillary Clinton delegate and voted for her, and his career as […]
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