Some Dare Call It Treason
by Mel Gurtov Is Donald Trump not merely gullible, uninformed, and indifferent but actually treasonous when it comes to Russia? More and more high-profile people are saying so. He’s acting…
China’s Threats of Tariff Retaliation Leaves Colorado Agriculture on Edge
Centennial, Colo. — March 23, 2018 — In reaction to tariffs on steel and aluminum exports announced by President Trump earlier this month, China has threatened retaliation with tariffs on…
Jamboree travesty
By Robert J. Byers I don’t blame the Boy Scouts for President Donald Trump’s bizarre speech at the National Jamboree in West Virginia on Monday. The U.S. president is, after…
Cancer with political clout
By Robert C. Koehler A suicide bomber inflicts hell at a concert hall in Manchester, England that’s full of children, as though that was the point — to murder children.…
Ethics: Trump already sees himself above law
by Lawrence M. Hinman Ethics is about flourishing, about developing both the personal characteristics and the social conditions that allow individuals to live full, satisfying lives together. When it functions…
Trump Botched Raid, Seal Killed
During Botched Raid in Yemen, Trump Apparently Took the Night Off Not only was the raid botched from the word “go,” but the incompetent toddler who authorized it didn’t even…
A letter from Rep. Jared Polis
Please forgive the length of this letter. There is simply so much happening and I have heard from so many of my constituents in the last couple of weeks with…
Tomgram: How to Hijack an Election
Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. In case you hadn’t noticed, someone recently loosed a satirist in American politics. Let me give you an example. You remember FBI Director James Comey,…
What is a Country For?
At the height of the George W. Bush years, a bit of a TomDispatch piece would sometimes be reposted at a right-wing website with a disparaging comment, and I’d suddenly…
Biggest political lies of 2011
The Whoppers of 2011. The year's worst political deceptions, from both sides.