Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
The Audacity of Sleaze: Profiles in Corruption
Counterpunch, May 12, 2017 It actually doesn’t take a lot of courage to aid those who are already powerful, already comfortable, already influential. — Barack Obama, Acceptance Speech for the Kennedy Library Foundation’s “Profiles in [...]
Why Study History?
Counterpunch, May 5, 2017 As liberal Democrats for the most part, United States historians have no doubt been having a field day with Donald Trump’s recently reported clueless comments on United States history. The president’s [...]
Why Obama’s Big Cash-In Matters
Truthdig, May 3, 2017 One of my little online entertainments this year has been to ask my social media network a question: “So, what’s Obama up to lately?” I want to know, but I haven’t [...]
The Many-Sided, Overlapping Meanings of May Day
Truthdig, May 1, 2017 May Day, or May 1, has many meanings, in my experience. When I was a grade-schooler in Chicago, it was the day on which the officially Marxist-Leninist Soviet Union paradedits military [...]