Democratic Politicians: Eating Their Own While Letting Trump, the Worst Boastful Sexual Predator, Off the Hook

By Ralph Nader July 10, 2026 Democratic politicians, as they regularly do, have displayed an inverted double standard regarding the Graham Platner affair and serial sexual abuser Donald Trump. Usually, a political party covers up its own misbehavior even as it accuses its political opponents of similar misdeeds. Instead, the Democrats drive out their own … Read more

Trump’s Tactic to Split the Democratic Party into Warring Factions

By Ralph Nader July 2, 2026 After progressives, including self-described Democratic Socialists, won numerous primary victories in New York and elsewhere, Trump launched a whopper of a lie, even by his crazed standards. He declared that the “communist” Democratic Socialists are “the biggest threat to our nation there is, maybe since our founding …. That … Read more

Why is the Democratic Party Leadership Opposing the Vital, Direct and Collateral Benefits of an Impeachment Drive?

By Ralph Nader June 12, 2026 In my past two columns, I made the case for the Democratic Party to take the lead in pushing for Trump’s Impeachment.  The majority of people favor firing Trump and the massive number of blatant, impeachable acts by the lawless, corrupt, violent, unstable, dangerous Tyrant Trump increases by the … Read more

Somersaulting Voters: Stopping Rabid Gerrymandering

By Ralph Nader May 15, 2026 “Gerrymandering” is the historic term for politicians picking their voters by manipulating Congressional and state electoral districts. Redistricting usually happens every ten years. It is fair to say that most voters don’t want politicians rigging the system to help one party win elections. Both the Republican and Democratic parties … Read more

Newsworthy, Yes, They Say, Yet Denied Coverage

By Ralph Nader May 8, 2026 Editors of newspapers like to say that they cover the newsworthy events “without fear or favor.” Sure. But how can they cover events without the requisite curiosity, without deeply feeling for the public’s right to know, and without breaking through their “comfort zone”? Maybe you can help explain the … Read more

Alert – Civic Indicators Needed

By Ralph Nader May 1, 2026 What are the indicators of a presumed democracy either faltering or fortifying itself against the buffeting or destructive forces of dictatorial autocracy, plutocracy, and oligarchy? Certainly, the commercial or corporate economy has developed thousands of indicators to ascertain whether the overall economy or its many subeconomies are getting better … Read more