A brand new WSJ/NBC poll and the story introducing the poll about how Americans want the deficit reduced are both very interesting and quite consistent with patterns over many decades. First, the poll shows definitively that Americans do not support the federal budget cutting strategies presently pursued by either party, especially those ...

It's been a busy week here at Politicalcontext.org. Editor Matt J. Stannard has two new editorials this week: a brand new piece on Saudi Arabia and the bourgeois media's stoking fears of a revolution there, and a piece lamenting our worship of celebrities during Oscar season. Speaking of the Oscars, we're fortunate ...

Nothing captures the cynical reality of fossil fuel capitalism more than the fear mongering taking place concerning possible uprisings in Saudi Arabia. Where the world should be celebrating people struggling to realize their dignity and gain a voice in the political processes that shape their lives, instead we are being ...