Robert Mercer, a Wall Street hedge-fund magnate who started at I.B.M. and made his fortune using computer patterns to outsmart the stock market, has already…

Leid Stories picks up from where it left off with yesterday’s program, discussing what is being marketed by the media as the “phenomenon” of Donald…

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In Thursday’s marathon prime-time Republican debates, climate change was not at the top of the agenda. Aside from a few mentions of “the energy revolution,”…

Being a citizen in the American corporate state is much like playing against a stacked deck: you're always going to lose. The game is rigged,…

Trumped

In the run-up to the first Republican presidential debate, a flurry of news stories about the candidates offered glimpses of oligarchy in action. Consider:  …

In year since searing death, Ferguson sees uneven change. Yes, there has been change, but how substantial has it been? Did it take the death…

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“He can’t possibly win the nomination,” is the phrase heard most often when Washington insiders mention either Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders. Yet as enthusiasm…

-A few words about those strange and sometimes wonderful middle-class Latin yard parties and celebrations because you’ll be invited to attend these events now and…

Mark discusses these topics on the show today: Woman found dead in holding cell in Westchester County. This could be something simply tragic, but after…