Just as bullets from Israel Defence Force soldiers started finding their target in the bodies of non-violent Palestinian protesters in Gaza, the UK press lit up (again) with charges of anti-Semitism in the ranks of the Labour Party. It does not take a very penetrating analysis of the situation to see the link between the…
Jamison Hill is an amazing young man. By following links on Jamison’s blog I have learned how there are many people in our country living with severe chronic illnesses that there are no cures for. They live below the radar. Yet they have this amazing courage that is hard for us to even imagine in…
Robert W. Morrow, M.D. Among doctors, “burn out” discussions are all the rage. Hold on a moment here! Aren’t doctors rich professionals who like to pick on their staff and patients, and complain about their stock brokers? The Doctor in the Little White House I was asked a few years back to travel around NY…
b. traven is TCP’s co-founder. He is a 93-year-old WW II veteran, who is now a wine grape farmer finding peace in tending to his vines. Traven received a graduate degree in Physiological Psychology from the University of Chicago after the War. He has been a union steel worker, a “soda jerk” when they still…
Over 80 years ago Sinclar Lewis wrote a book, It Can’t Happen Here. Doremus Jessup, the protagonist of Sinclair Lewis’s 1935 novel “It Can’t Happen Here,” sees something dark and terrible brewing in American politics — the potential for “a real fascist dictatorship” led by the up-and-coming populist candidate Berzelius Windrip. – Beverly Gage, New…
The author of the piece is a 30 year veteran of jazz radio broadcasting in New England. He’s also a long-time Contrary Perspective reader and active commenter. We encourage other readers to submit their ideas to the blog. – Ed. Greg Laxer In what is unquestionably, in this writer’s mind, already the most bizarre presidency…
Robert W. Morrow, M.D. New York Times, February 3, 2018: Interest rates that are set every day in the global bond markets are already leaping higher, in anticipation of central bank rate increases later this year. On Friday, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note — a widely used gauge for overall interest rates —…
Peter Van Buren, who had a ‘catbird’ seat’ as a State Department leader of an FOB (forward operating base) during the Iraq war, shares his analysis of the torturous road American foreign policy took to finally hand over control of Iraq to Iran-friendly Shiite politicians. Along the way they succeeded in helping to create ISIS…
Robert W. Morrow, M.D. That is a simple equation that is truer now than ever, since the cost of care once someone is really sick continues to rise quickly. Primary care decreases the need for expensive tests and procedures, and focuses on preventing and managing chronic health issues. Catch things early and over time, with…
b. traven Well known, veteran Middle East journalist, Robert Fisk. tells how he really feels about our president. Of course it is “fake” news but if words like “Booby,” “Crank,” “Crackpot” and “Mad” ring a bell with you as possibly apt descriptions you can add, “a dangerous and racist xenophobe,” or ” …to enter Trump’s…
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