In “On Democracies and Death Cults,” Murray offers a straightforward “good versus evil” account of the Israel-Palestine conflict. He does this by excluding every piece of information that undercuts his thesis and even spreading outright falsehoods.

To distinguish the truth from bullshit, rational skepticism is required. This is not the same as contrarianism, conspiracy theories, or a blanket refusal to accept any and all sources of authority and expertise.

The popular political journalism website broadcasts shady sponsored content from the health insurance, finance, fossil fuels, and weapons industries. It openly allows the world’s worst companies to produce fake news stories under the Politico brand. 

Cutting off lifesaving food and health aid to poor countries is an act of pure evil. Why isn’t U.S. media making this a central issue?

The privileged have an obligation to take risks in order to prevent the establishment of a dictatorship.

If you think this is a “department of government efficiency,” you are being played. Efficiency would be good. This is destroying vital government services, research, consumer protection, and aid.

The nurse branded Britain’s most notorious serial killer is clearly not “guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.” And it looks like she may even have taken the blame for neoliberalism’s gutting of the public health system.

A quick refresher on a principle that everyone should fight to protect.