Optimists in the US are hoping for a Donald Trump makeover. They cling to the US president-elect's brief victory remarks suggesting that he wants to be the “president of all the people.”
In his 60 Minutes interview on television following the (...)
Senator Bernie Sanders has come a long way without other people's advice. The progressive lone ranger is now leading in the polls nationally as the preferred candidate to defeat Donald Trump — ahead of Hillary Clinton in that matchup.
Now, however, (...)
are beating once again, with US bombers already over Iraq (and soon Syria) to, in President Barack Obama's words, “degrade and destroy ISIS.” The Republican Party, led by war-at-any-cost senators Lindsay Graham and John McCain, wants a bigger (...)
Greater Boston and its citizens are the focus of media attention in recognition of the first anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings that took three innocent lives and injured over 264 people, some of them severely. City leaders praised the (...)
Dear Mr Bush,
A few days ago I received a personalised letter from your Presidential Centre that included a solicitation card for donations that actually provided the words for my reply. They included “I'm honoured to help tell the story of the Bush (...)
Dear President Obama,
Before you decide to attack Syria, yet another Arab or Islamic country that does not threaten US security, there are certain constitutional “niceties” that you should observe. Chronically violating the US constitution overturns (...)
A photograph brought the horror of little children lying dead outside their home to an American audience. At least 10 Afghan children and some of their mothers were struck down by an airstrike on their extended family household by order of US (...)
Ten years ago former US president George W Bush and vice president Dick Cheney, as war criminals, launched the sociocide of the people of Iraq, replete with embedded television and newspaper reporters chronicling the US-led invasion of the country (...)
Ralph Nader* imagines a conversation between the Ghost of Osama bin Laden and President Barack Obama
The Ghost of Osama bin Laden swirled into the Oval Office where Barack Obama was spending the evening going over a pile of requested sign-offs for (...)
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is worse than ever, with Israeli propagandists silencing protests and beating the drum for war against Iran, writes Ralph Nader*
Have you heard much lately about the 1.5 million Palestinians illegally imprisoned by (...)
March Madness comes once a year. Media Madness is year-round. What the mass media choose to cover and feature turns the priorities of any sane society upside down day after day after day, bemoans Ralph Nader*
People of vice, war, money, spectator (...)
The latest boy-toy wins the terrorism prize hands down, bemoans Ralph Nader*
The fast developing predator drone technology, officially called unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs, is becoming so dominant and so beyond any restraining framework of law or (...)
How should the events of 9/ 11 be best commemorated, asks Ralph Nader*
The commemorative ceremonies that are planned for the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 massacre are those of pathos for the victims and their families, of praise for both the pursuit (...)
US President Barack Obama and NATO are not doing enough to find a political solution to the Libyan crisis, writes Ralph Nader*
The meticulous Harvard Law Review editors should be rolling over in their footnotes. The recidivist violations of (...)
American taxpayers' money is still supporting, to the tune of billions and at a time of recession, a foreign power whose actions damage US interests, writes Ralph Nader*
On 10 July 1996, at a joint session of the US Congress, Israeli Prime Minister (...)