How to Spawn Terrorists Devoted to America's Destruction
Trump's use of the US military to bully defenseless small nations into surrendering sovereignty is a tried-and-true formula for spawning more US-hating terrorists.
Perspectives
Venezuela Invasion Reprises a US Strategy That Has Never Succeeded
Trump's quest for diverting headlines puts him squarely among US presidents who risked the high cost of foreign interventions and paid dearly politically.
Huge Tariffs and ICE Action Cost Us Only $300 Billion
Donald Trump proved that Americans can absorb bruising economic blows if compensated with catchy slogans and a deep sense of victimhood.
The Greatest Divider Has Fractured American Democracy for Decades to Come
Donald Trump's political tactic has been to destroy trust in the institutions that once made the United States the world's most stable democracy.
Fusion Is Smart Science But a Dumb Energy Bet
As an economical global energy source fusion power's future is fast receding into the past.
Epstein Stickiness Reflects MAGA Base's Veiled Unease
Trump supporters who can't explicate the intricacies of policies and economics see Epstein files as a socially acceptable way to question his authenticity.
Daily White House Orders to Military Presage Constitutional Coup
Is Trump preparing for a day when military backing will cement his rise to absolute power?
Leading Brands Defy Trump Push to Return US to 1964
Brands like Apple, Costco. JP Morgan and P&G are standing on principle and long-term good business sense rather than caving to a passing demagogue.
History Shows Great Powers Collapse Without Robust Immigration
The United States is being led toward the decline suffered by Imperial Rome, Spain, China, Russia and today's Britain and Japan.
Tariffs and AI Chip Export Restrictions Make the US Lose Tech Centrality
Turning itself into a fortress that prioritizes its mindlessly political national security narrative, the US will become a poorer, weaker and less secure backwater.
Gen Z's Deferred Sexuality Evokes Memories
Children of Asian immigrants may relate to the social distancing and cautionary tales that may have put Gen Z in a sexual holding pattern.
Headlines, Oil and the Death of American Morality
The murders of innocent Venezuelan fishermen under the pretext of stopping drug traffickers is such a blatant violation of human rights that America itself is ...
US Sacrifices Global Power to Advance Fake MAGA Narrative
Trump's peevish decision not to invite South Africa to the Florida G20 on a false narrative of White genocide is one of many instances of ...
Thanking Our Humanity on the Eve of a World of Optional Work
As we look ahead to a world in which AI and robotics will provide everything we need, let's give thanks for those positive human qualities ...
We're All in This Together, Akaash Singh
An Indian rightwing-adjacent comic finds racist and misogynistic taunts less funny when directed at him and wife.
Where Do Democrats Go From Here?
Between Mamdani's win in the NYC’s mayoral election and the eight senators who voted to end the shutdown a week later, the Democratic party is ...
Lee Jae Myung's Ironic Gifts at APEC
Trump and Xi received ironic ribbing in the form of gifts from the S. Korean President of a golden crown and a go board.
Today's US Parallels the former Soviet Union and Putin's Russia
Trump's systematic erosion of bedrock institutions puts the US on the path of the former Soviet Union and Putin's Russia.
Xi's Tough Counters to US Tariffs Clouds Talk Prospects
Even if talks materialize the world's most important trade relations are hampered by each side's firm belief in their respective bargaining hand.
Is Plutopopulism the Greatest American Swindle?
Exploiting working-class anxieties to install policies that profit the wealthy has become an epic American political scam.
3 Big Lies about Migrants
These falsehoods about the impact migrants have on American society may have tipped the 2024 presidential election in Trump's favor.
How Donald Profits from Dollar Disruptions
His big personal bets on Bitcoin and his own WLF crypto offerings make Donald Trump's dollar-destabilizing tariffs, migrant deportations and endless series of disruptive posts ...
How Does Usha Vance Sleep At Night?
An investigation into a question that my fellow Indians have been asking a lot lately
What Kind of People Love Narcissistic Tyrants?
Those of us baffled and irked by people who support the likes of the current White House occupant can find the answer in psychology, genetics ...
Who (Really) Killed Jim Li?
The murder of lawyer Jim Li by his former client Xiaoning Zhang shocked Queen's Chinese community. There may be even more to the story than ...
How Stupid Is an Economic War Against the World?
It's not only stupid but massively self-destructive and devastating for our nation's future, according to analysis by virtually all economists, and yet that's precisely what ...
The Most Likely Grounds for Impeachment
As the current White House occupant continues to flaunt Constitutional and legal norms limiting his powers, a growing number of Americans are asking why not ...
Can the US Become a Christian Theocracy?
It's possible, but it won't be the pretty picture conjured by MAGA conservatives who would love to enshrine the Bible above the Constitution.
What's Behind Trump's TikTok Fervor
The focus and energy pumped into transferring TikTok's US operations to US ownership and control suggests the degree of political importance Trump attaches to controlling ...
White Martyrs, Brown Guilt and a Legacy of American Fear
In his brief career as a MAGA evangelist Charlie Kirk sowed enough resentment, mistrust and paranoia to set America on fire.
Xi-Led Autocratic Alliance Remains Inchoate
Despite the rallying cry heard in Beijing of building a truly multilaterial world in opposition to US dominance, the lack of concrete cooperation frameworks suggests ...
How the Trump-Modi Bromance Became a Train Wreck
The remarkably deep similarities between the leaders of the US and India can't keep their relationships from turning into one of the world's great train ...
What Was the Point of Hyundai ICE Raid?
AI Analysis: The contradiction inherent in the biggest Trump ICE raid ever shutting down a $7 billion Hyundai and LG Chem investment in Georgia, raising ...
Xi's Tour de Force Shows Absolute Power
The Beijing military parade gave China's leader Xi Jinping an opportunity to show total control over China and its relationships with other major nations, setting ...
Tariffs to Be Biggest Tax Increase Ever on Working Class
Tariff collection will generate between $500 billion and $1 trillion per year in revenues, according to today's estimate by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, making Trump ...
Will Trump Be Impeached and Removed?
Our Beltway Brain Romen Basu Borsellino explains why President Trump may get impeached but is unlikely to be convicted and removed from office after the ...
Redistricting Plan Could Set Up Decades-Long GOP House Control
Even as most Americans think gerrymandering violates democratic principles, Trump is pushing hard to carve out republican-leaning districts by packing democrats into fewer districts.
Misunderstood Chinese Culture, or Cheesy NYC Bribery Attempt?
There’s just no good way to spin a campaign adviser for New York Mayor Eric Adams giving a reporter a bag of sour-cream-and-onion flavored potato ...
Can the American Scheherazade Survive 1001 Nights?
Donald Trump is unlikely to match Scheherazade's success in keeping her audience enthralled.
Trump Criticism of Goldman Chills Candid Independent Analysis
The attack levied by Trump on Goldman Sach's research on tariff risks appears calculated to suppress independent analysis that reveal the downsides of his policies.
National Security Risk and Conflict of Interest Are Code For Asian Americans in Key Positions
The charge that Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan poses a conflict of interest exemplifies the hypocrisy and racism underlying Trump’s outbursts.
Taking 15% Cut of Nvidia's China Sales Creates New Risks
By demanding a 15% cut for the US for allowing Nvidia to export its H20 AI GPUs to China, Trump creates an export tax of ...
Distractions Take Center Stage in Social Media Presidency
The need to weigh in on everything from Sydney Sweeney to football team names to university policy has limited Trump's focus on actual presidential duties.
Small Red Dot Inspires Racist Attacks Against GOP Appointee
Mathura Sridharan’s appointment as Ohio’s 12th Solicitor General focuses the GOP's racist wing on her bindi.
The Racist Ideology Behind MAGA — and the Inevitable Backlash
Opportunists looking to make hay by playing the MAGA racist card can expect a lifetime's reckoning for themselves and for their families.
Racism, Not Principles, Drive MAGA Attacks on GOP Lawmaker
Quang Nguyen, a Republican lawmaker in the Arizona House of Representatives, has recently been the subject of anti-Asian attacks from a local far-right publication.
Broadway Casting Shake-Up Raises Questions about Representation
The decision to replace half-Filipino actor Darren Criss with Andrew Barth Feldman in Maybe Happy Ending didn't quite sit right with me. But I struggled ...
In Grip of Bad Deal EU Will Seek Alternatives to US Trade Ties
The 15% US tariffs will hobble Europe's growth prospects until stronger ties are built with other partners.
Epstein Questions Too Sticky for Trump's Distraction Tactics
Despite countless successes at creating diversions away from awkward questions, the ones involving Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein are proving impossible to quell.
Tariff Deals Secured by Bullying Will Lead to US Isolation, Decline
The sole beneficiary of high tariffs may be the Trump family's crypto business.
How to Spawn Terrorists Devoted to America's Destruction
Trump's use of the US military to bully defenseless small nations into surrendering sovereignty is a tried-and-true formula for spawning more US-hating terrorists.
Venezuela Invasion Reprises a US Strategy That Has Never Succeeded
Trump's quest for diverting headlines puts him squarely among US presidents who risked the high cost of foreign interventions and paid dearly politically.
Huge Tariffs and ICE Action Cost Us Only $300 Billion
Donald Trump proved that Americans can absorb bruising economic blows if compensated with catchy slogans and a deep sense of victimhood.
The Greatest Divider Has Fractured American Democracy for Decades to Come
Donald Trump's political tactic has been to destroy trust in the institutions that once made the United States the world's most stable democracy.
Fusion Is Smart Science But a Dumb Energy Bet
As an economical global energy source fusion power's future is fast receding into the past.
Epstein Stickiness Reflects MAGA Base's Veiled Unease
Trump supporters who can't explicate the intricacies of policies and economics see Epstein files as a socially acceptable way to question his authenticity.
Daily White House Orders to Military Presage Constitutional Coup
Is Trump preparing for a day when military backing will cement his rise to absolute power?
Leading Brands Defy Trump Push to Return US to 1964
Brands like Apple, Costco. JP Morgan and P&G are standing on principle and long-term good business sense rather than caving to a passing demagogue.
History Shows Great Powers Collapse Without Robust Immigration
The United States is being led toward the decline suffered by Imperial Rome, Spain, China, Russia and today's Britain and Japan.
Tariffs and AI Chip Export Restrictions Make the US Lose Tech Centrality
Turning itself into a fortress that prioritizes its mindlessly political national security narrative, the US will become a poorer, weaker and less secure backwater.
Gen Z's Deferred Sexuality Evokes Memories
Children of Asian immigrants may relate to the social distancing and cautionary tales that may have put Gen Z in a sexual holding pattern.
Headlines, Oil and the Death of American Morality
The murders of innocent Venezuelan fishermen under the pretext of stopping drug traffickers is such a blatant violation of human rights that America itself is ...
US Sacrifices Global Power to Advance Fake MAGA Narrative
Trump's peevish decision not to invite South Africa to the Florida G20 on a false narrative of White genocide is one of many instances of ...
Thanking Our Humanity on the Eve of a World of Optional Work
As we look ahead to a world in which AI and robotics will provide everything we need, let's give thanks for those positive human qualities ...
We're All in This Together, Akaash Singh
An Indian rightwing-adjacent comic finds racist and misogynistic taunts less funny when directed at him and wife.
Where Do Democrats Go From Here?
Between Mamdani's win in the NYC’s mayoral election and the eight senators who voted to end the shutdown a week later, the Democratic party is ...
Lee Jae Myung's Ironic Gifts at APEC
Trump and Xi received ironic ribbing in the form of gifts from the S. Korean President of a golden crown and a go board.
Today's US Parallels the former Soviet Union and Putin's Russia
Trump's systematic erosion of bedrock institutions puts the US on the path of the former Soviet Union and Putin's Russia.
Xi's Tough Counters to US Tariffs Clouds Talk Prospects
Even if talks materialize the world's most important trade relations are hampered by each side's firm belief in their respective bargaining hand.
Is Plutopopulism the Greatest American Swindle?
Exploiting working-class anxieties to install policies that profit the wealthy has become an epic American political scam.
3 Big Lies about Migrants
These falsehoods about the impact migrants have on American society may have tipped the 2024 presidential election in Trump's favor.
How Donald Profits from Dollar Disruptions
His big personal bets on Bitcoin and his own WLF crypto offerings make Donald Trump's dollar-destabilizing tariffs, migrant deportations and endless series of disruptive posts ...
How Does Usha Vance Sleep At Night?
An investigation into a question that my fellow Indians have been asking a lot lately
What Kind of People Love Narcissistic Tyrants?
Those of us baffled and irked by people who support the likes of the current White House occupant can find the answer in psychology, genetics ...
Who (Really) Killed Jim Li?
The murder of lawyer Jim Li by his former client Xiaoning Zhang shocked Queen's Chinese community. There may be even more to the story than ...
How Stupid Is an Economic War Against the World?
It's not only stupid but massively self-destructive and devastating for our nation's future, according to analysis by virtually all economists, and yet that's precisely what ...
The Most Likely Grounds for Impeachment
As the current White House occupant continues to flaunt Constitutional and legal norms limiting his powers, a growing number of Americans are asking why not ...
Can the US Become a Christian Theocracy?
It's possible, but it won't be the pretty picture conjured by MAGA conservatives who would love to enshrine the Bible above the Constitution.
What's Behind Trump's TikTok Fervor
The focus and energy pumped into transferring TikTok's US operations to US ownership and control suggests the degree of political importance Trump attaches to controlling ...
White Martyrs, Brown Guilt and a Legacy of American Fear
In his brief career as a MAGA evangelist Charlie Kirk sowed enough resentment, mistrust and paranoia to set America on fire.
Xi-Led Autocratic Alliance Remains Inchoate
Despite the rallying cry heard in Beijing of building a truly multilaterial world in opposition to US dominance, the lack of concrete cooperation frameworks suggests ...
How the Trump-Modi Bromance Became a Train Wreck
The remarkably deep similarities between the leaders of the US and India can't keep their relationships from turning into one of the world's great train ...
What Was the Point of Hyundai ICE Raid?
AI Analysis: The contradiction inherent in the biggest Trump ICE raid ever shutting down a $7 billion Hyundai and LG Chem investment in Georgia, raising ...
Xi's Tour de Force Shows Absolute Power
The Beijing military parade gave China's leader Xi Jinping an opportunity to show total control over China and its relationships with other major nations, setting ...
Tariffs to Be Biggest Tax Increase Ever on Working Class
Tariff collection will generate between $500 billion and $1 trillion per year in revenues, according to today's estimate by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, making Trump ...
Will Trump Be Impeached and Removed?
Our Beltway Brain Romen Basu Borsellino explains why President Trump may get impeached but is unlikely to be convicted and removed from office after the ...
Redistricting Plan Could Set Up Decades-Long GOP House Control
Even as most Americans think gerrymandering violates democratic principles, Trump is pushing hard to carve out republican-leaning districts by packing democrats into fewer districts.
Misunderstood Chinese Culture, or Cheesy NYC Bribery Attempt?
There’s just no good way to spin a campaign adviser for New York Mayor Eric Adams giving a reporter a bag of sour-cream-and-onion flavored potato ...
Can the American Scheherazade Survive 1001 Nights?
Donald Trump is unlikely to match Scheherazade's success in keeping her audience enthralled.
Trump Criticism of Goldman Chills Candid Independent Analysis
The attack levied by Trump on Goldman Sach's research on tariff risks appears calculated to suppress independent analysis that reveal the downsides of his policies.
National Security Risk and Conflict of Interest Are Code For Asian Americans in Key Positions
The charge that Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan poses a conflict of interest exemplifies the hypocrisy and racism underlying Trump’s outbursts.
Taking 15% Cut of Nvidia's China Sales Creates New Risks
By demanding a 15% cut for the US for allowing Nvidia to export its H20 AI GPUs to China, Trump creates an export tax of ...
Distractions Take Center Stage in Social Media Presidency
The need to weigh in on everything from Sydney Sweeney to football team names to university policy has limited Trump's focus on actual presidential duties.
Small Red Dot Inspires Racist Attacks Against GOP Appointee
Mathura Sridharan’s appointment as Ohio’s 12th Solicitor General focuses the GOP's racist wing on her bindi.
The Racist Ideology Behind MAGA — and the Inevitable Backlash
Opportunists looking to make hay by playing the MAGA racist card can expect a lifetime's reckoning for themselves and for their families.
Racism, Not Principles, Drive MAGA Attacks on GOP Lawmaker
Quang Nguyen, a Republican lawmaker in the Arizona House of Representatives, has recently been the subject of anti-Asian attacks from a local far-right publication.
Broadway Casting Shake-Up Raises Questions about Representation
The decision to replace half-Filipino actor Darren Criss with Andrew Barth Feldman in Maybe Happy Ending didn't quite sit right with me. But I struggled ...
In Grip of Bad Deal EU Will Seek Alternatives to US Trade Ties
The 15% US tariffs will hobble Europe's growth prospects until stronger ties are built with other partners.
Epstein Questions Too Sticky for Trump's Distraction Tactics
Despite countless successes at creating diversions away from awkward questions, the ones involving Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein are proving impossible to quell.
Tariff Deals Secured by Bullying Will Lead to US Isolation, Decline
The sole beneficiary of high tariffs may be the Trump family's crypto business.
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