Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
They Probably Won’t Get Trump: Seven Reasons
The Paul Street Report, 9.15.2022 So, are they really going to get Trump, at long last? Donald J. Trump, that is. You know, the textbook malignant narcissist and no-so “semi-” fascist ex-president who tried to [...]
Joe Biden’s Big “Save the Soul of the Nation” Speech
CounterPunch, 9-7-2022 Some Serious Soul-foolishness Joe Biden’s big speech last week to save the nation’s soul from the “MAGA Republicans” was (of course) deeply flawed. His reference to the United States as “the greatest nation [...]
Transparent Idiocy and Cynically Wishful Democratic Party Thinking: Reflections on a Poll and its Reporting
CounterPunch, 9.9.2022 Two weeks ago, the leading mainstream political journal The Hill ran a story titled “Threats to Democracy Top List of Issues Facing US: Poll.” The lead ran as follows: “Threats to democracy clocked in as the [...]
Not-so “Semi-” Fascism and its Bourgeois-Democratic Enablers
CounterPunch, 9.2.2022 There’s Nothing “Semi-” About It The term “semi-fascism” has entered US American political discourse courtesy of Joe Biden two Thursdays ago. “What we’re seeing now,” Biden told Democratic donors in Maryland on the evening of [...]