Commentary

by Chris Hedges President Barack Obama announces James Clapper, left, as director of national intelligence during a ceremony in the Rose Garden at the White House on June 5, 2010. (AP/J. Scott ApplewhiteOn Thursday the […]

Through means I am unable to disclose, I have obtained a copy of the Devil’s New Year’s missive to his minions in America. Though it appears He delivered his letter on January 1, it has […]

By Tyler Durden Ordinarily we would ignore the news of another banker’s death – after all these sad events happen all the time – if it wasn’t for several contextual aspects of this most recent […]

By Dave Cohen I discussed the elite as opportunistic predators in my long essay Economics As A Moral Science?  That essay was a follow-up to my post Homo sapiens — The Rationalizing Animal. In that […]

By Tom Carter Referring to America’s mass internment of people of Japanese ancestry during the Second World War, current Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia declared: “[Y]ou are kidding yourself if you think the same thing […]

By Scott Stenholm During his fifth State of the Union address, President Obama touched on Al Qaeda’s resurgence in nations around the globe like Yemen and Iraq. Though noticeably absent was mention of the negative […]

Source: The Automatic Earth Arthur Rothstein Worker at carbon black plant, Sunray, Texas 1942The world economy today looks like an episode of MASH, but without the cued laugh track. The pain and injuries and festering […]

Arthur Rothstein Homesteader raising baby chicks, Bankhead Farms, Alabama February 1939Source: The Automatic Earth The Future Of Our Children Is Taking Shape Today. Ask any parent and they will say they care about this more […]

by Seumas Milne Tory claims that 1914 was a fight for freedom are absurd – but then history wars are about the future as much as the past. And in case there were any doubt […]

   By Max Mason Healthcare is one sector that looks set to resist the ‘computerisation’ of traditional jobs. Photo: Virginia Star If you think your job is safe, think again. Advances in technology mean that […]