Chris Fry

Sexual equality is in our genes

Marxist thinkers from Frederick Engels to Dorothy Ballan have long maintained that, for most of human existence, the social structure…

July 23, 2015

SCOTUS sides with corporate poisoners

Revenue minus cost equals profit. On June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling in the case, “Michigan…

July 23, 2015

Global warming kills thousands in Asia

For the last two months, the Indian subcontinent has suffered through the grip of an unprecedented heat wave. Thousands of…

July 6, 2015

Solidarity needed as earthquake devastates Nepal

A powerful earthquake struck the impoverished country of Nepal on April 25. The original quake measured 7.8 on the Richter…

April 28, 2015

How NBC lied to promote regime change

When artist Frederic Remington cabled back to his publisher from Cuba in 1897 that “There will be no war,” media…

April 22, 2015

Dinah, Bett and Albany, N.Y., slave rebellion

On March 14, 1794, two young slave girls were hanged in Albany, N.Y. One was named Dinah, aged 14. The…

March 19, 2015

U.S. computer makers lose markets as more NSA spyware exposed

Kaspersky Lab, a well-regarded, Russian-based, computer security company, released a report in mid-February describing a U.S. National Security Agency secret…

March 9, 2015

Syria says Israeli attack helps al-Qaida

“How can you say that al-Qaida doesn’t have an air force? They have the Israeli air force,” Syria President Bashar…

February 4, 2015

WW commentary: Pentagon out of Yemen!

Yemen, with a population of some 24 million people, is the poorest country in the Middle East. To its north…

January 26, 2015

Pentagon deploys more troops

With an air of absolute cynicism, the Pentagon announced on Jan. 16 that it will send 400 combat troops and…

January 22, 2015