Reader Comments: Soaring Gas Prices; Iran War; and now Push for Gilded Ballroom; New York City to Hold Free World Cup Fan Fests in Each Borough; Cartoons and more....
I and the overwhelming majority of you blame Trump for higher fuel prices. Blaming Trump feels good to me. But. We have a lot of experience showing that blaming Trump does not defeat him & his co-conspirators. Unless and until we present a progressive program to address the costs of living which Trump & his allies have imposed on us, we cannot loosen the grip that the rich and their corporations (the powers behind Trump & trumpery) have on us. Here? An image of very high gasoline prices. In the comments? Jessica Corbett's essay, via xxxxxx, on public opinion about fuel costs.
Daniel MillstonePost on Facebook
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The only answers to elect more progressive Democrats. My candidate for California governor is Tom Steyer who has been endorsed by Ro Khanna, Jane Fonda, Third Act and Rebecca Solnit. My candidate to replace Nancy Pelosi as San Francisco congressperson is Connie Chan. Chakrabarti pretends to be a progressive but he is just a Silicon bro who has funded the defeat of at least one DSA SF supervisor.
You know, Americans need to face reality. With the Strait of Hormuz blocked, fertilizer, which is apparently a petroleum product, can’t get out to Africa and South East Asia. If the fertilizer doesn’t get released soon, those countries who need it could miss the planting season. This means that there could be a vast famine affecting hundreds of millions of people. So we could have a situation where millions of Americans are bitterly complaining about the price of gas, while millions of people are dying of hunger. Americans, think about that.
Important article but Vann does not mention Hugh Thompson. Particularly unfortunate when American soldiers are again being asked to commit war crimes and when former military officers (who are elected officials) are encouraging soldiers not to obey illegal orders. Everyone should know about Hugh Thompson's actions preventing even more deaths at My Lai.
As a Jew who deeply cares about human rights for all unconditionally, I am offended and disgusted by your recent article. It shows a failure to take responsibility for one's own behavior and what one endorses by remaining silent. I fail to understand how you could publish this piece, which clearly aims to place all the blame solely on Netanyahu, while simultaneously silencing those who rightly demand that Jews in the diaspora take responsibility for the atrocities and crimes committed in our names through our silence, indifference, or accusations of antisemitism against those who recognize Palestinians as human beings with equal rights to live.
I am tired of diaspora Jews who avoid responsibility by blaming only the current "monster" occupying Palestine, well knowing that atrocities have been continuously committed under every single previous prime minister. This article attempts to accuse those who care about human rights as antisemites, hoping to prevent them from pointing to the elephant in the room: Jewish organizations, temples, synagogues, and individual Jews who have been indoctrinated to believe that being Jewish requires supporting, remaining silent about, or deflecting from the endless and unprecedented number of international human rights crimes committed by those who conflate Jewish identity with support for what is cynically disguised as a Jewish identity.
I am profoundly disappointed and angry that you have fallen for this and given the author the opportunity to publish under your name.
If whoever is in charge of reviewing or conducting editorial examination failed to recognize this transparently disingenuous attempt by the author, I would highly recommend replacing that person or board members to prevent you from falling for such dishonest and cynical attempts at self-exoneration.
With great disappointment,
Alfredo Roldan-FloresHebrew Name: Avi Roi, אבי רועי
there is no morality on the right and among Nationalist Christians. Anyone who thinks so is an NC or not keeping up. I also believe most of the fascist Christians who are not really a goners are atheists. I.e. they have no fear of going to hell for their vicious, lying, murderous, stupid...etc behavior.
The Kerala success story may not be as successful as it appears. At least the author should have indicated why its export of workers is not a negative. And I'm a fan of Kerala, so I write this from that beginning point.
I have always found business reporting to be somewhat interesting in that it provides a peek at what’s happening on the ground beyond the usual political headlines. But lately when I glance at financial news, it seems increasingly untethered to reality and focused on economic activity that offers little to no benefit to society. Stocks jump on the ramblings of a madman who contradicts himself constantly. Everything is AI speculation all the time, alongside crypto and prediction markets. Companies are rewarded for environmental and human rights atrocities (this is nothing new, of course).Rather than having an economy that serves people, we are witnessing an out-of-control system that incentivizes getting humans out of the way.
The iconic Rockefeller Center rink will transform into a vibrant pitch surrounded by large screens for live match broadcasts. The celebration will extend across the entire three-block Rockefeller Center campus, including Top of the Rock from July 6-July 19, 2026. ( https://nynjfwc26.com/fan-events/ )
New York City will hold a series of free events for soccer fans who hope to experience the excitement of the World Cup but can't the hefty prices for tickets to the matches, officials announced Monday.
The events -- one in each of the city's five boroughs -- will include watch parties for the matches and other festivities. They will be staged at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, a shopping center near Yankee Stadium in the Bronx and a minor league baseball stadium in Staten Island.
A separate fan event planned for Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, New Jersey, where the New York Red Bulls play, will cost $10.
World Cup matches will be played at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, where just getting to and from the matches on public transit could cost $150.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a noted soccer devotee, announced the free events alongside New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a fellow Democrat.
"Every fan should be able to watch the greatest tournament on earth without dipping into their savings," Mamdani said.
Similar fan events are being planned for other U.S. host cities.
