Tag Archives: United States

COVID 19: Assessing the Global Political Fallout

The COVID 19 pandemic and the ensuing mega-recession may shape political debates and choices for a long time.

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Bolsonaro and Trump: Twin Brothers

From the pandemic, their hatred of the media and the environment, the parallels between the U.S. and Brazilian presidents are uncanny.

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Trump: The Eternal, Never-Presidential Campaigner

How Donald Trump has regulated the American public’s right to free speech: Every “Presidential” speech is a campaign event. Protest not allowed.

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When a President Tweets

Should laxer standards of truthfulness and honesty be applied to a U.S. President? Remember the times when U.S. Presidents were viewed as role models and held to a higher standard?

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A Christian’s Questions for Trump’s Evangelical Voters

Should we as Christians support an egocentric president who seeks to rally support by dividing Americans into enemy camps?

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Donald’s Trump’s New Pakistani Soulmates

What Donald Trump and ultra-conservative Pakistani imams have in common.

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US Police Vs. African-Americans

Police brutality against African-Americans in the U.S. has a long lineage – and shows no sign of stopping.

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How Financial Triumphalists Destabilize the US Economy

As long as the Wall Street triumphalists’ unreflected “why worry?” thinking remains the norm, the urgently needed pursuit of a U.S. economic reform agenda will go nowhere.

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US: A Country Rooted in Unfairness

The COVID 19 pandemic is highlighting U.S. shareholder capitalism’s gross inequities.

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COVID 19 Today and China’s Great Famine

Are there any lessons to be learned from China 60 years ago for today’s world, which is facing the worst pandemic of the past 100 years?

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