The US should eliminate the debt ceiling, which serves no good purpose but provides plutocratists with an opportunity for bullying.

Contrasting the diffuse tyranny of an oligarchy with the personal tyranny of an autocrat, and how that relates to America today.

I disagree with the criticism of the "Liberal class". If by Liberal the author means defense of human rights, that is a principle, not a class. Human rights are vital for everyone, except an autocrat and per servants.

If he refers to the broader political movement that we called Liberal, which included government aid for the poor, civil rights and ending racial segregation, women's rights and equality, environmental protection, and peace, people now use "Progressive" to refer to more or less the same thing.

It is only natural that questions arise of how far to go in fighting fire with fire, and at what point we must refuse to match the enemy in arson.

The CIA investigated kidnapping or assassinating Julian Assange in 2017.

It even got legislative approval for a new concept, "non-state hostile intelligence service," which it used to justify an operation of "offensive counterintelligence."

The wrecker seems to have hated him intensely.

A chain of charter schools tells students and teachers to put a lot of time into entering their feelings (and life stories) into a computer system connected with Facebook.

I suspect that Facebook uses this to learn general patterns of associations so that it can improve its deductions about all the useds of Facebook. Students already habituated to trusting untrustworthy companies with sensitive information are easily induced to hand in more.

New York City prosecutors and judges work hard to generate reasons to demand bail, even from people who are very likely to return to court for trial. This means putting them in Rikers Island jail, which is a dangerous place to be.

If a person is homeless, that is an indication of bad government. If a homeless person needs to steal blankets, that is an indication of even worse government.