Replacing capitalism – not with socialism, but with democracy?

Leading left economists Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis jointly wrote an article for the British newspaper, the Guardian this week. It was headlined as “We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps.” Jason Hickel is professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a visiting senior fellow at LSE. Yanis Varoufakis is the leader of MeRA25, a former finance minister and author of Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism.

Replacing capitalism – not with socialism, but with democracy?

Jeffrey Epstein and the Myth of the Culture Wars

People have almost given up on bridging the divides in American life. Republicans and Democrats cannot pass any bipartisan legislation or even watch the same Super Bowl halftime shows. And yet throughout the last two decades of polarization, one figure seems to have discerned the code for bringing both sides of the culture war together. His name was Jeffrey Epstein.

Jeffrey Epstein and the Myth of the Culture Wars

Capitol Chats: Former U.S. Attorney Vaudreuil argues Trump seeking to sow distrust in elections…

Capitol Chats: Former U.S. Attorney Vaudreuil argues Trump seeking to sow distrust in elections…

In this week’s Capitol Chats podcast, Keep Our Republic member and former U.S. Attorney John Vaudreuil says President Donald Trump’s call to “nationalize” elections doesn’t pass constitutional muster. Vaudreuil also argues Trump is seeking to sow distrust in elections ahead of the midterms.

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The Seventh Stranger

Simon Le Bon has said the song was inspired by Chapter 26 of Voltaire’s Candide, “Wandering Swordsmen” (Rōnin), and the Seven Samurai films of Kurosawa.

Those words are all remainders
Echoes growing in the heart of twilight
They lay back laughing at naivety's star
Awaken all those whispers in the dusty shadow of a
passing favour
I wouldn't say that you were ruthless or right
I couldn't see from so far
Was I chasing after rainbows
One thing for sure you never answered when I called
And I wiped away the water from my face
To look through the eyes of a stranger
For rumours in the wake of such a lonely crowd
Trading in my shelter for danger
I'm changing my name just as the sun goes down
In the eyes of a stranger
The Seventh Stranger