Dhliwayo. Xinindlu. Malloy.   True leaders are givers, not takers; builders, not destroyers; doers, not talkers; encouragers, not flatterers; lovers, not haters; warriors, not worriers; forgivers, not shamers; performers, not complainers; achievers, not quitters;…

Writing at CommonDreams.org, Thom Hartmann asks the question on the minds of many Americans: Will US Turn Away From Fascism and Abandon This GOP Death Cult Before It's Too Late? Hartmann: The current Republican…

Lewis. Chisholm. Cooper.   Freedom is not a state; it is an act. It is not some enchanted garden perched high on a distant plateau where we can finally sit down and rest. Freedom…

Back when Donald Trump was a washed-up businessman, with a checkered history of bankruptcies, racism and failed real estate projects, it was Jeff Zucker, then the president of NBC Entertainment, who decided to resurrect…

A number of leading Republican senators are tripping over themselves trying to hide from questions about Trump's promise at a recent Texas rally that if he's elected in 2024 he will pardon the January…

He is famously among the most ornery, uncompromising and capricious of blue-chip legends ~ Neil Young’s battle is principled – and comfortable In pulling his music from Spotify in protest over Covid misinformation, the…

In her latest at CommonDreams.org, journalist, activist, and truly great human being, Abby Zimet warns of “an Orwelian hellscape” being created by right-wing extremists and zealots. These Are Not the Best of Times On…

Wylie. Aral. Vonnegut.   The first tool of authoritarian regimes is always informational control—both in the gathering of information on the public through surveillance and the filtration of information to the public through owned…

Hall Of Fame To Remember, A Song Never To Forget   On the 21st of January 1987, Marvin Gaye was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Fellow inductees included: Aretha Franklin;…

When Someone Shows You What They Are... ~~ So, Joe. How Ya Feelin’ Posted here 2021.10.21 Manchin Didn’t Get Even One Republican For His Compromise ‘Bipartisan’ Voting Bill No, really, Joe, how are you…

'Spineless' Graham's Latest Groveling How-To... Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was slammed as “spineless” on Wednesday for saying the 2024 Republican presidential nomination was Donald Trump’s “if he wants it,” hailed the former president as…

History Is Teacher; We Learn or We Perish. Near the end of 1923, an odd, self-absorbed little man was arrested and charged with sedition and treason for his part in what became known as…