If you haven't heard of this yet, take a moment (or better yet @7 hours) and listen to this podcast series.
The story Jim Reeb's life in the concluding episode is moving. The internal drama about how the population of Selma rationalized the kil...

Karoor Soman, author and writer of more than 40 books was startled to hear from his friend that a blogger of “huge reputation” had posted a facebook video rant against Karoor Soman and one of his books. Karoor Soman was shocked at hearing this. He...

In his recent book, James Comey was pretty gentle in his treatment of Donald Trump. He likens Trump's approach to governing to a mob boss, but doesn't make the point with much force.

"As I found myself thrust into the Trump orbit, I once agai...

With the visit to Beijing by Kim Jong-un, it's looking more likely that a Trump-Kim summit will take place.
The meeting may even take place in Beijing.
Getting a North Korea deal is important to Trump, and given his loose play with facts, it w...

C'mon. This doesn't need to happen. If Apple can build a bazillion dollar headquarters down the road, somebody can come up with the peanut shells to keep the Oasis open.

The news broke a couple of days ago. People are now lining up in mourning ...

A new foreign policy podcast that's profane, thoughtful and reflexively anti-Trump.

People are angry that the Russians interfered in the 2016 US elections. Rightly so. The idea that Putin's Kremlin worked to put a thumb on the scales is almost unthinkable. But are elections fair game in modern warfare? Reading Rosa Brooks' How ...

Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez are officially back together?? What?? It has been quite a while before the pair split up in 2011. They were on and off for 5 years!!
This below is Jelena before 

I'm sure everyone has their own opinion on them an...

I guess I was looking for something harder-edged.  
Actually, that's a pretty safe bet. The best politico-econo-philosophy books I've read in recent years have all been more confrontational.
I liked John Dean's book on the mind of conservative...

In a Real News Network report Colin Powell's former Chief of Staff, Lawrence Wilkerson makes good points about who will get hurt by reversing the changes in Cuba relations. Besides the larger money interests who want to build hotels, Wilkerso...

Professor Richard D. Wolff provides a weekly tour of current issues in economics.