Joe Biden And The Tara Reade Assault Allegations
Are the wheels starting to come off the Joe Biden campaign? Up to this week it seemed certain that theContinue Reading
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Are the wheels starting to come off the Joe Biden campaign? Up to this week it seemed certain that theContinue Reading
Taking a step away from the insanity that is Brexit politics in the United Kingdom, let us dip a toeContinue Reading
Another guest post by Déaghán Ó Céitinn, currently resident in Perth, Australia, where he is active with Cairde Sinn Féin. The Obama RegimeContinue Reading
Well, here’s one prediction I wish I had got wrong. President Donald J. Trump. Seriously, the United States of America, what the fuck?Continue Reading
The media consensus in the United States maintains that it is a done deal, that the Democratic Party’s Hillary Clinton will gainContinue Reading
There is a certain satisfaction to be derived from having one’s opinions – or prejudices – confirmed and that is certainlyContinue Reading
There was an extraordinary exchange between the former Republican Party presidential hopeful, Ben Carson, and the British journalist, Katty Kay, during anContinue Reading
One suspects that if the Republican Party nominee, Donald Trump, succeeds in his campaign to be elected the president ofContinue Reading
Before the first one-on-one presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump the press consensus held that if the coiffured orangutan managed to refrain fromContinue Reading
Following the surprise decision of the Libertarian Party presidential nominee, Gary Johnson, to blow his own brains out live on morning television –Continue Reading
One of my favourite films is the 1958 release, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof“, based on a play of theContinue Reading
Right-wing propagandist and conspiracy theorist par excellence, Alex Jones, crashed a live broadcast of the left-leaning Young Turks during theContinue Reading
There’s not much one can say about the elevation of Donald J. Trump to the position of sun-king-in-waiting by the Republican PartyContinue Reading
Despite the latest polls showing a significant slump in the popularity of Donald Trump only a foolhardy forecaster would confidently claim that the celebrity politicianContinue Reading
Perhaps not the best choice of words by American ex-pat, Meghan McBride, writing in defence of Donald Trump and the UnitedContinue Reading
Reading back over the publicly expressed opinions of Donald J. Trump in the 1990s and early 2000s, one is struckContinue Reading
Political commentators have been speculating for months that the Donald Trump campaign for the GOP’s presidential nomination would eventually, inevitably, goContinue Reading
Over on the Slate journalist Reihan Salam has an interesting examination of the electoral demographic which forms the backbone of the DonaldContinue Reading
Political and religious extremes exist in all countries, and right-wing theocratic-tinged populism has become a powerful force in a numberContinue Reading
Having spent the night prostituting my labour to the service of others (no, not like that!) I didn’t get too muchContinue Reading
The results of the mid-term elections in the United States have surpassed even some of the wilder speculations of theContinue Reading