Final lessons from a Polish Jew who fought in the underground Home Army against the Germans, and survived the war.

"There is no such thing as a 'heroic nation' — or indeed an inherently malign or evil nation either." There are, however, societies where myths that tend to encourage atrocities become widespread, and right-wing extremists are working hard around the world to make this happen. In the US the non-extreme but amoral power-seekers have been using such myths for decades to carry out atrocities.

Will thugs repress, surveil and frame protesters against Keystone XL of terrorism as they did the protesters against the Dakota Access pipeline?

If seagrass meadows are lost, the bonnethead shark could be lost as well.

The bullshitter lied blatantly to Bob Woodward about Woodward's own actions, apparently trying to bully Woodward into a false confession of incompetent journalism.

I suspect the recording is not accessible without nonfree software, so here's a transcript.

Progressive Ayanna Pressley won the Democratic primary in my congressional district.

Many years ago, I went with a group of progressive Democrats to press Rep. Capuano to take a progressive stance on some issue. He said, "If you want someone to stand for that, vote for someone else!" This year, I followed his advice and voted for Pressley.

Not because of her race or gender — they make no difference in a candidate — but because of what she stands for.