To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Sunday, May 5, 2024

Observercast

Nancy Pelosi, Superhero

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH Really, what did you expect? The first woman speaker of the House, a tough, smart, rich and attractive pro, the most powerful woman in the world, helps get a Democrat elected president and then helps that Democratic president get his ambitious agenda through amid very difficult economic times and two wars. Did […]

Valentine’s Blues

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH At least it’s on a Sunday. Friday and Saturday are the worst. Second only to New Year’s Eve, Valentine’s Day is a surefire downer for those of us who find ourselves alone on a day when it seems that everyone else is happily in love. Of course, it’s all silliness. Compared to […]

Pariah Nation

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BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN As the TV networks give unlimited airtime to its apologists, the message rolls out that Israel is permitted every illegal act in the lexicon of international law, from acts of violence against a civilian population [the people of Gaza, starved under permanent blockade] to piracy on the high seas, in the lethal […]

The American Way Of Torture

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BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN Just over the edge of 2011 and this fresh new decade, torture is now solidly installed in America’s repressive arsenal. Not in the shadows where it has always lurked, but up front and central, vigorously applauded by prominent politicians. Rituals of coercion and humiliation seep through the culture, to the extent that […]

Expensive Care That Hurts Patients

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BY FROMA HARROP The biggest challenge for fixing American health care isn’t finding more money. It’s learning not to spend money on the wrong things. The solution, conservatives say, is simple: Have patients bear more of the costs now being covered by private or government insurers. The concept has merit, except for this: How on […]