Of Rotten Apples and Rotten Systems

NOVANEWS   Martin Shkreli, the former hedge-fund manager turned pharmaceutical CEO who was arrested last week, has been described as a sociopath and worse. In reality, he’s a brasher and larger version of what others […]

LOOK WHO’S BUYING AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

NOVANEWS By: Robert Reich According to an investigation by the New York Times, half of all the money contributed so far to Democratic and Republican presidential candidates—$176 million—has come from just 158 families, along with the […]

What to Do About Disloyal Corporations

NOVANEWS Photo by shoah.org.uk By: Robert Reich Just like that, Pfizer has decided it’s no longer American. It plans to link up with Ireland’s Allergan and move its corporate headquarters from New York to Ireland. […]

Washington Shelves New Sanctions Against Iran

NOVANEWS Sputnik The US government prepared sanctions against Iran because of its ballistic missile defence program, but has now postponed their implementation, the US press reported on Wednesday. The Obama administration is still intent on punishing Iran for developing the missiles, […]

Is WP’s Cohen Dumbest Columnist?

NOVANEWS By Robert Parry  Granted it would be quite a competition, but is Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen the dumbest columnist ever? For instance, in his June 19, 2007 op-ed, Cohen joined the neoconservative media riot over the […]