December 31, 2020 0 Trump came to power as the repudiation of the Republican establishment. But the conservative political class and the new leader soon reached an understanding. Whatever their differences on issues like trade and immigration, they shared a basic goal: to strip-mine public assets for the benefit of private interests. George Packer
December 29, 2020 1 The metamorphosis of Jesus Christ from a humble servant of the abject poor to a symbol that stands for gun rights, prosperity theology, anti-science, limited government (that neglects the destitute) and fierce nationalism is truly the strangest transformation in human history. Rainn Wilson
December 19, 2020 0 Weird that Scott Morrison has consistently basked in NSW’s successes during the pandemic but now is nowhere to be seen as soon as the going gets tough. Matt Burke
December 6, 2020 0 Two things I want you to imagine: 1) The media reaction if Victoria had made a mistake and allowed international arrivals fly elsewhere without quarantine. 2) The media reaction if the two people who flew to Melbourne avoiding quarantine had been black. Claire Coleman
December 3, 2020 0 Republicans think that children being slaughtered in their classrooms with weapons of war is the cost of freedom but that wearing a mask to save lives during a pandemic is too high a price to pay. Bradley Whitford
November 29, 2020 0 The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining over and over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving that you do. Somebody says your head isn’t shaped properly so you have scientists working on the fact that it is. Somebody says you have no art, so you dredge that up. Somebody says you have no kingdoms, so you dredge that up. None of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing. Toni Morrison
November 28, 2020 0 Call me a radical lefty if you'd like, but I refuse to accept a system that enables Jeff Bezos to grow his wealth by $66,000,000,000 in 5 months — during a pandemic that's left 40,000,000 Americans on the brink of eviction. Robert Reich
November 26, 2020 2 Now that the stock market has reached an all time high, even as millions of Americans are in bread lines trying to fend off starvation during a plague, perhaps more people will finally get it that the stock market is not the economy. Bill Palmer
November 19, 2020 0 If you’re a political journalist who has regular contact with people in power, and your analysis is always aligned with prevailing orthodoxy, then you’re not really a journalist, you’re a courtier. Frankie Boyle
