Ted Rall

Joe Biden is taking heat from Democrats, not for his decision to withdraw from Afghanistan – that’s popular – but for his haphazard pullout that, self-serving Rumsfeldian stuff happens, wars end messily platitudes aside, could have been executed more efficiently. They blame George W. Bush for starting America’s longest war, arguing that what he began … Continue reading “Democrats Share Blame for Afghanistan”

British goon cops acting at the request of the United States government entered Ecuador’s embassy in London, dragged out WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and prepared to ship him across the pond. After this event last month, most of the mainstream media reacted with spiteful glee about Assange’s predicament and relief that the Department of Justice … Continue reading “Hacking Dirty Government Secrets Is Not a Crime”

Americans vote their pocketbooks. It’s the economy, stupid. Absent a war or recent terrorist attack, conventional wisdom believes that voters prioritize domestic issues. Right now, conventional wisdom is correct. According to the latest Pew Research poll, the five most important issues for Democrats are health care, education, Medicare, poverty and the environment. So it’s not … Continue reading “The Secret Campaign for 2020: Where the Democratic Candidates Stand on Foreign Policy”