In the latest Atlantic Monthly, Adam Serwer explains: Republicans are not blocking a bipartisan January 6 commission because they fear Trump, or because they want to “move on” from 2020. They are blocking a January 6 commission because they agree with the underlying ideological claim of the rioters, which is that Democratic electoral victories…
By Don Pelton In the following brief (9+ min) excerpt that I extracted from Jared Ball’s one and a half hour podcast interview with investigative journalist Aaron Maté, Maté not only explains why Princeton Professor Stephen Cohen called Russiagate the “most fraudulent scandal in American history,” but also gives some interesting background on the…
Editor’s Note: This is the third or fourth time I’ve reprinted this article on Memorial Day since I first wrote it in about 2009. I keep reprinting it because I still haven’t found a better way to express my revulsion for war and at the same time my admiration for warriors. The best way…
Sanjay Mishra, Vanderbilt University Takeaways: Vaccines can be great at preventing you from getting sick, while at the same time not necessarily stopping you from getting infected or spreading the germ. Preliminary evidence seems to suggest the COVID-19 vaccines make it less likely someone who’s vaccinated will transmit the coronavirus, but the proof is…
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