Ronald Reagan
How Putin's American Fixers Keep Russian Sanctions Toothless
Amid carnage in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has kept his financial interests chugging along pretty much unscathed.
Secret Documents Show How Britain Helped the US Cover Up Its Own Plane Shooting Disaster
When the US Navy shot down Iran Air Flight 655, the UK helped it blame Iran.
Convicted Felon Dinesh D'Souza Is Still Hustling Old White People
Dinesh D’Souza, everybody's favorite Indian-American conservative, has resurfaced as a convicted felon—which only helps him bamboozle Obama-haters into thinking their government is going after critics.
Reasons Why Washington, DC, Is the Worst Place Ever
The United States capital was built to be symbolic of all the things that defined America to the world. It still is, except that means income inequality, unchecked poverty, and yapping douchebags on cell phones.
An Excerpt from Jailed Journalist Barrett Brown's New Book
Barrett Brown is an activist-journalist awaiting federal trial in the US. In this excerpt from his latest book, Keep Rootin' for Putin, Brown tackles former Director of the Office of the National Drug Control Policy William Bennett's assertion...
Penny Rimbaud on How Crass Nearly Started World War 3
The UK government released secret documents on Margaret Thatcher, Crass and Ronald Reagan.
Komplaint Dept. - Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan, Part II
J.G. Ballard's short fiction, "Why I Want To Fuck Ronald Reagan," is a remarkable and remarkably prescient piece written in 1967, 13 years prior to Reagan's nomination as his party's candidate for president.
Is It Wrong to Celebrate Thatcher's Death?
There’s a lot for those at the bottom rung of society to be angry about, but if not for this Margeret Thatcher, there almost certainly would have been another one. Neoliberalism was a rising force across the world. In America, there was Reagan; in...
The Summer Camp That Made Me a Commie
At 15, I attended a week-long summer camp devoted to the power and glory of free enterprise that explored both the philosophical arguments for capitalism as well as the practical reality of it. I came out of it with a realization of just how awful the...
33 Years Ago Today, Jimmy Carter Put Solar Panels on the White House
On this very day, June 20th, 33 years ago, President Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House roof. Seven years after that, Ronald Reagan took them down. It was the end of 70s, a decade wracked with stagnant economic growth and a pair...
Welcome… To Reaganurassic Park
An auction house is selling some of Ronald Reagan's blood. Am I the only one who realizes this is going to end with an amusement park filled with Reagan clones?
In 1987, Ronald Reagan Was the Higgs Boson's Best Friend
I know, I know: if there's one thing lefty bloggers love pointing out, it's the disconnect between the current right-wing Ronald Reagan fantasy and the tax-raising, big-spending pragmatic reality. Well, here's a good one. If you're under a certain age...