Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
From Watergate to Deflategate: Scandalous Reflections on Scandal
Z Magazine. July-August 2015 Originally published on Counterpunch One useful measure of a political culture’s moral level is the nature of what counts as a terrible outrage, disgrace, or scandal in that culture. The Vietnam [...]
Idiots of Empire: From the “Freedom Budget” to Bernie Sanders
ZNet, June 19, 2015 A Jeffersonian New Dealer Who Hated Ronald Reagan My paternal grandfather, may he rest in peace, was, along with many millions of other Americans past and present, an idiot – an [...]
“Progressive” Obama: He’s Melting, He’s Melting – TPP Wipes Away the Last Shreds of Illusion
Counterpunch, June 19-21, 2015 Priceless Beneath progressive pretentions, Barack Obama the national political phenomenon has never been anything other than a tool of the United States’ corporate and financial ruling class. Obama rose to power [...]
Race Violence, Gun Violence: Reflections on Obama’s Charleston Comments
ZNet, June 20, 2015 One of the many rich and predictable (and predicted) ironies of the “post-racial” and neoliberal Barack Obama White House has been that the “first Black President” that many U.S. liberals and [...]