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Ted Rall, a political cartoonist, is the author of "The Anti-American Manifesto." He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1963, raised in Kettering, Ohio and graduated from Fairmont West High School in 1981. His first cartoons were published in the Kettering-Oakwood (OH) Times. He majored in physics at Columbia University's School of Engineering from 1981 until 1984, where he drew cartoons for the Columbia Daily Spectator, Barnard Bulletin and The Jester humor magazine. He was expelled in 1984, between his junior and senior years, for academic and disciplinary reasons. Ted Rall is the author of "Bernie," a biography written with the cooperation of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. "Bernie" is now on sale online and at all good bookstores.
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Sunday, April 22, 2018
Distractor-in-Chief Trump Is Gaslighting Us Into Forgetting America's Real Issues The problem is a lack of focus -- because we're all too busy focusing on the Lunatic-in-Chief. It's time to stop being reactive. This is our country. This is our time. These are our lives. It's up to us to ignore the twitterstorms and the random rants and demand what is our birthright as Americans: the best possible lives we can afford.
Sunday, April 22, 2018Distractor-in-Chief Trump Is Gaslighting Us Into Forgetting America's Real Issues The problem is a lack of focus -- because we're all too busy focusing on the Lunatic-in-Chief. It's time to stop being reactive. This is our country. This is our time. These are our lives. It's up to us to ignore the twitterstorms and the random rants and demand what is our birthright as Americans: the best possible lives we can afford.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018
The Media Never, Ever Gives Peace a Chance Producers laboring through cable news' 24-7 news cycle ought to take a step back and consider the effect of their editorial decisions. They've created a relentless culture of ultraviolence, a debate without diversity between those who want bombs and those who want even more wars, to the point that not going to war isn't even something we get to consider as a legitimate option.
Tuesday, April 10, 2018The Media Never, Ever Gives Peace a Chance Producers laboring through cable news' 24-7 news cycle ought to take a step back and consider the effect of their editorial decisions. They've created a relentless culture of ultraviolence, a debate without diversity between those who want bombs and those who want even more wars, to the point that not going to war isn't even something we get to consider as a legitimate option.
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Thursday, April 5, 2018
To Do Next for the #NeverAgain Movement: Settle on a Clear Demand There is a century-old tradition of large groups of Americans gathering in Washington, carrying signs, chanting slogans and being ignored by Congress and the president after they go home. To those shattered dreams you can add 2011's Occupy Wall Street, another leaderless protest that came together and fizzled.
Thursday, April 5, 2018To Do Next for the #NeverAgain Movement: Settle on a Clear Demand There is a century-old tradition of large groups of Americans gathering in Washington, carrying signs, chanting slogans and being ignored by Congress and the president after they go home. To those shattered dreams you can add 2011's Occupy Wall Street, another leaderless protest that came together and fizzled.
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Saturday, March 24, 2018
Hiring John Bolton is Donald Trump's Most Dangerous Decision So Far Bolton is touting "regime change" against Iran. Evoking the same arguments he used to justify the invasion of Iraq, he paints dark portraits of North Korea selling or giving nuclear weapons to Al Qaeda or some other terrorist organization despite the fact that there is no evidence whatsoever that there are any links for common ideology between the two.
Saturday, March 24, 2018Hiring John Bolton is Donald Trump's Most Dangerous Decision So Far Bolton is touting "regime change" against Iran. Evoking the same arguments he used to justify the invasion of Iraq, he paints dark portraits of North Korea selling or giving nuclear weapons to Al Qaeda or some other terrorist organization despite the fact that there is no evidence whatsoever that there are any links for common ideology between the two.
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Friday, March 16, 2018
Democrats Should Run on Impeachment Everyone already knows that November is all about impeaching Trump. If the Democrats really want to win, the first promise in their national platform for the 2018 midterms ought to be a clear, unequivocal pledge to get rid of the president.
Friday, March 16, 2018Democrats Should Run on Impeachment Everyone already knows that November is all about impeaching Trump. If the Democrats really want to win, the first promise in their national platform for the 2018 midterms ought to be a clear, unequivocal pledge to get rid of the president.
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Friday, March 9, 2018
Why Does the U.S. Hate Peace? Iran is the emerging hegemon in the Middle East. The U.S. undermines Iran with trade sanctions, props up rivals like Saudi Arabia with aid, and deploys U.S. troops next door in Afghanistan and Iraq. Similarly the U.S. keeps China off-balance by propping up Taiwan and setting up new U.S. bases in the region. We play India against Pakistan, Europe against Russia.
Friday, March 9, 2018Why Does the U.S. Hate Peace? Iran is the emerging hegemon in the Middle East. The U.S. undermines Iran with trade sanctions, props up rivals like Saudi Arabia with aid, and deploys U.S. troops next door in Afghanistan and Iraq. Similarly the U.S. keeps China off-balance by propping up Taiwan and setting up new U.S. bases in the region. We play India against Pakistan, Europe against Russia.
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Here's How Democrats Could Win This Fall and the One After That and the One After That Based on their record of inaction and subservience to corporate interests, I don't expect Democrats to roll up their sleeves and take on the pocketbook issues progressives -- and many swing voters -- care about. But if I'm wrong, and they get serious about the stuff that matters most, they'll win.
Tuesday, March 6, 2018Here's How Democrats Could Win This Fall and the One After That and the One After That Based on their record of inaction and subservience to corporate interests, I don't expect Democrats to roll up their sleeves and take on the pocketbook issues progressives -- and many swing voters -- care about. But if I'm wrong, and they get serious about the stuff that matters most, they'll win.
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Friday, February 23, 2018
Never Mind Millennial Apathy, Here's Generation Z As Gen Z heads into their twenties in the 2020s, the "Generations" authors predicted they'll be challenged to respond to some major American crisis. If the young Floridians who stood up to establishmentarian right-wingers Senator Marco Rubio and President Trump are any indication, they've just begun to fight -- and we'll be in good hands.
Friday, February 23, 2018Never Mind Millennial Apathy, Here's Generation Z As Gen Z heads into their twenties in the 2020s, the "Generations" authors predicted they'll be challenged to respond to some major American crisis. If the young Floridians who stood up to establishmentarian right-wingers Senator Marco Rubio and President Trump are any indication, they've just begun to fight -- and we'll be in good hands.
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Monday, February 19, 2018
On Gun Violence and Control, a Political Gordian Knot On the one hand, if anyone deserves to die, it's Nikolas Cruz. On the other hand, what kind of society executes a "broken child," possibly autistic, almost certainly emotionally damaged, absolutely wrecked by the recent death of his mother, his last surviving parent? How does killing a killer send the message that killing is wrong?
Monday, February 19, 2018On Gun Violence and Control, a Political Gordian Knot On the one hand, if anyone deserves to die, it's Nikolas Cruz. On the other hand, what kind of society executes a "broken child," possibly autistic, almost certainly emotionally damaged, absolutely wrecked by the recent death of his mother, his last surviving parent? How does killing a killer send the message that killing is wrong?
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Saturday, February 17, 2018
On the One Hand, Gun Violence. On the Other Hand, Gun Control. It Never Ends. if anyone deserves to die, it's Nikolas Cruz. But what kind of society executes a "broken child," possibly autistic, almost certainly emotionally damaged, absolutely wrecked by the recent death of his mother, his last surviving parent? How does killing a killer send the message that killing is wrong?
Saturday, February 17, 2018On the One Hand, Gun Violence. On the Other Hand, Gun Control. It Never Ends. if anyone deserves to die, it's Nikolas Cruz. But what kind of society executes a "broken child," possibly autistic, almost certainly emotionally damaged, absolutely wrecked by the recent death of his mother, his last surviving parent? How does killing a killer send the message that killing is wrong?
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Sunday, February 11, 2018
Why Do the Democrats Take Trump's Trolling Lying Down? Democratic leaders obviously believe that they risk debasing themselves if they lower themselves to Trump's rhetorical level. What they don't get is that Trump is a bully. The only way to deal with a bully is with shock-and-awe brutality.
Sunday, February 11, 2018Why Do the Democrats Take Trump's Trolling Lying Down? Democratic leaders obviously believe that they risk debasing themselves if they lower themselves to Trump's rhetorical level. What they don't get is that Trump is a bully. The only way to deal with a bully is with shock-and-awe brutality.
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Why Trump is Right About Newspaper Libel Laws California is one of 28 states to have an "anti-SLAPP" law. According to proponents, there are wealthy individuals and companies who file nuisance lawsuits against defendants, not to win but to tie the poor defendants up in court and force them to hire expensive lawyers to defend themselves.
Wednesday, January 17, 2018Why Trump is Right About Newspaper Libel Laws California is one of 28 states to have an "anti-SLAPP" law. According to proponents, there are wealthy individuals and companies who file nuisance lawsuits against defendants, not to win but to tie the poor defendants up in court and force them to hire expensive lawyers to defend themselves.
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Tuesday, January 9, 2018
"The Post"? No Way Would Jeff Bezos Publish the Pentagon Papers Steven Spielberg's new movie "The Post" depicts a newspaper's decision to defy the government, risk its financial health and imprisonment of its editors in order to report a hard truth and defend the press' First Amendment rights by publishing the Pentagon Papers.
Tuesday, January 9, 2018"The Post"? No Way Would Jeff Bezos Publish the Pentagon Papers Steven Spielberg's new movie "The Post" depicts a newspaper's decision to defy the government, risk its financial health and imprisonment of its editors in order to report a hard truth and defend the press' First Amendment rights by publishing the Pentagon Papers.
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Monday, January 8, 2018
Voters Drafted a Reluctant Trump Because They Hated Hillary That Much Trump may be America's first certifiably insane president. He is probably the most ignorant -- and we've had some doozies. He is certainly the first without any political or high-level military experience whatsoever. What we now know is at least as remarkable as those bulletpoints: Trump is effectively the first president drafted into the position.
Monday, January 8, 2018Voters Drafted a Reluctant Trump Because They Hated Hillary That Much Trump may be America's first certifiably insane president. He is probably the most ignorant -- and we've had some doozies. He is certainly the first without any political or high-level military experience whatsoever. What we now know is at least as remarkable as those bulletpoints: Trump is effectively the first president drafted into the position.
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Sunday, December 31, 2017
Democrats Will Fix It Donald Trump is pushing through radical right policies, including a tax revamp and a crackdown against immigrants. But Democrats could reverse all that if and when they retake power. So everything will be just fine. Right?
Sunday, December 31, 2017Democrats Will Fix It Donald Trump is pushing through radical right policies, including a tax revamp and a crackdown against immigrants. But Democrats could reverse all that if and when they retake power. So everything will be just fine. Right?
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Thursday, December 7, 2017
Will President Trump Last Another Year? Trump is more likely to give away his fortune to charity than slink away in a Nixonian resignation. His ego is too big; he's too pugnacious. He'd rather get dragged out kicking and screaming -- unless it's part of a deal with Mueller or other feds to avoid prosecution. So impeachment it would need to be.
Thursday, December 7, 2017Will President Trump Last Another Year? Trump is more likely to give away his fortune to charity than slink away in a Nixonian resignation. His ego is too big; he's too pugnacious. He'd rather get dragged out kicking and screaming -- unless it's part of a deal with Mueller or other feds to avoid prosecution. So impeachment it would need to be.
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Thursday, November 23, 2017
Sexual Harassment and the End of Team Politics Until the 1990s, American electoral politics were divided ideologically, between the opposing ideas of liberalism and conservatism. Now we have Team Politics: Democrat versus Republican, my party right or wrong. Americans back their party the same way they back their favorite sports team -- with automatic, stupid loyalty.
Thursday, November 23, 2017Sexual Harassment and the End of Team Politics Until the 1990s, American electoral politics were divided ideologically, between the opposing ideas of liberalism and conservatism. Now we have Team Politics: Democrat versus Republican, my party right or wrong. Americans back their party the same way they back their favorite sports team -- with automatic, stupid loyalty.
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Friday, November 17, 2017
How Society Makes Victimhood a No-Win Proposition Society doesn't like victims. Victims make us uncomfortable. It's probably a vestige of our Darwinian instinct for survival: the monkey clan prospers when its members are healthy and lucky, but finds life perilous around those who are sick and unfortunate. We turn away from the unlucky, the homeless man, the woman whose face bears burn scars, the black guy getting choked to death by cops -- not our problem.
Friday, November 17, 2017How Society Makes Victimhood a No-Win Proposition Society doesn't like victims. Victims make us uncomfortable. It's probably a vestige of our Darwinian instinct for survival: the monkey clan prospers when its members are healthy and lucky, but finds life perilous around those who are sick and unfortunate. We turn away from the unlucky, the homeless man, the woman whose face bears burn scars, the black guy getting choked to death by cops -- not our problem.
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Friday, November 10, 2017
Call H.R.? Why Not the Cops? The Weird Politics of Sexual Harassment Sexual harassers and assaulters should face prison time. So should false accusers. But bosses need to mind their own business -- at their own business. As far as Spacey goes, is it ethical to take money out of his pocket over an accusation that has never been tried, much less proven, by a judge or jury?
Friday, November 10, 2017Call H.R.? Why Not the Cops? The Weird Politics of Sexual Harassment Sexual harassers and assaulters should face prison time. So should false accusers. But bosses need to mind their own business -- at their own business. As far as Spacey goes, is it ethical to take money out of his pocket over an accusation that has never been tried, much less proven, by a judge or jury?
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Thursday, November 9, 2017
NYC Attack Highlights Need to Protect Cyclists Bike paths running adjacent to traffic should be separated by solid concrete or metal barriers between intersections. At intersections, a series of metal bars wide enough to allow bikes to pass through but too narrow for cars, and solid enough to stop one traveling fast, should be installed.
Thursday, November 9, 2017NYC Attack Highlights Need to Protect Cyclists Bike paths running adjacent to traffic should be separated by solid concrete or metal barriers between intersections. At intersections, a series of metal bars wide enough to allow bikes to pass through but too narrow for cars, and solid enough to stop one traveling fast, should be installed.
