Paul’s Articles
A listing of original articles by Paul Street, also published in other sites as noted.
It’s Even More Terrible Than You Thought
Counterpunch, May 17, 2019 Liberal journalist and author David Cay Johnston, a frequent cable news commentator, was right to title his 2018 book on the Trump presidency “It’s Even Worse Than You Think: What the [...]
Step Right Up to the Quadrennial Extravaganza!
Counterpunch, May 7, 2019 STEP Right Up! Step Right Up! It’s Uncle Sam’s Authoritarian Carnival, Featuring the Amazing American Quadrennial Electoral Extravaganza, the Greatest Show in the World! Narrow Spectrum Big Money Corporate Parties and Candidates! [...]
The Many-Sided, Overlapping Meanings of May Day
Truthdig, May 1, 2019 - a reprint from 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 [...]
Someone Tell Krugman: We Don’t Even Have a Paper Democracy
Counterpunch, May 3, 2019 I am as horrified as Paul Krugman at the authoritarian threat posed by Donald Trump and his supporters, but in different ways, with a different understanding. Listen to Krugman’s following dialogue [...]