Featured Editorials

Alas, Babylon

Submitted by hecate on Sun, 05/05/2019 - 4:51am

When I was a lad I read Alas, Babylon, a novel by depressed Florida newspaperman Pat Frank, one envisioning much of the Northern Hemisphere crisped by nuclear fire.

In his book, Frank focuses on the before, during, and after, of the fire, as it effects the denizens of a small rural town. In the after, as they struggle to survive in a world suddenly pre-industrial, Frank's people come to refer to that day when came the fire—when, as the mad monk of Patmos did write, "Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come!"—simply as The Day.

Tulsi "Endorsements" and Nevada Upcoming

Submitted by apenultimate on Sat, 05/04/2019 - 11:17am

Tulsi got a couple of major endorsements (of sorts) this past week.

Joe Rogan

First, and probably most importantly, was Joe Rogan who commented in one of his shows that he is voting for Tulsi and not even thinking about anyone else. Rogan had interviewed Tulsi last September (well before she declared), which was a very good conversation.

To End the Wars, Get the Blood Money Out of Politics

Submitted by veganmark on Sat, 05/04/2019 - 8:00am

Originally published, Jan 21, 2019

Martin Luther King was not just a triumphant fighter against the moral obscenity of Jim Crow. He also was willing to spend much of his political capital decrying the mindless, futile carnage of Viet Nam — a position for which a formerly supportive mainstream media excoriated him. In honor of MLK Day, I would like to offer this modest proposal:

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