Gene Simmons Wall Street Journal Interview on “Kiss and Capitalism” doesn’t Make Me Wanna Rock and Roll All Night In February 2019, Gene Simmons of the legendary rock band Kiss, gave an interview entitled: Gene Simmons on KISS and Capitalism for the Wall Street Journal. Despite the title, the discussion…

The Cuban Missile Crisis Taught JFK a Hard Lesson About War in a Nuclear Age that has Been All but Forgotten Today Almost 60 years ago, on June 10, 1963, John F. Kennedy gave one of the most remarkable speeches ever delivered by an American president. This was eight months…

Time to Call for a Ceasefire in Ukraine On September 12, 2022, CODEPINK, Women for Peace and the Peace in Ukraine Coalition , which consists of about 40 national and international organizations and 49 local organizations, is calling for a week of action “to demand a ceasefire in Ukraine, direct…

Zinntenial: Celebrating the Memory of One of America’s Greatest Moral Voices This year marks the hundredth birthday of historian and political activist Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 — January 27, 2010). According to his Wikipedia biography, Zinn was born to a Jewish immigrant family in Brooklyn on August 24, 1922…

Democrats Asleep at the Wheel While Republicans Viktor Orbanize America Though I have been highly critical of the Democrats in past articles and look forward to a day when they will be replaced by a party that is a more genuine advocate and fighter for the needs of the average…

We Need System Change in Order to Deal with Climate Change and other Human Despoliation of the Earth As environmental writer and activist, George Monbiot explained on a recent segment of Democracy Now!, as well as in a 2021 article that recently won the Orwell Prize for Journalism, for over…

Is the United States Seeking War with China? In a previous article, I noted that, historically, when the United States government has desired to go to war, it has been very good at maneuvering the other side into firing the first shot or creating some other casus belli, to make…

The “Inflation Reduction” Act of 2022 is a Massive Gift to the Oil and Gas Industries Masquerading as “Historic Climate Legislation” Almost everywhere you look, it’s being hailed as “the most important climate bill in history,” which ought to be enough itself to raise suspicions. Then there is the fact…

Response to Henryk A. Kowalczyk: A Different Take on Why Most Westerners Misunderstand Russia Henryk Kowalczyk was kind enough to read and respond to my recent article, Another Nice Mess They’ve Gotten Us into in Ukraine, even though he disagreed with its import. He pointed out that while Medium recommended…