Commentary by Ted Rall

My Critique of Bernie Sanders' Campaign by Ted Rall

Full disclosure: If New York's primary were held today, I'd vote for Bernie Sanders.

Bernie Sanders Could Win By Ted Rall

The independent senator from Vermont says the economic system is rigged against working-class Americans. He's right.

The electoral political system is a subsidiary of those who rule the economy. Which is why Bernie Sanders never stood a chance. The political system was rigged against him.

Welcome to the Digital Dark Ages by Ted Rall

Historians and archivists call our times the "digital dark ages." The name evokes the medieval period that followed the collapse of the Roman Empire, which led to a radical decline in the recorded history of the West for 1000 years. But don't blame the Visigoths or the Vandals. The culprit is the ephemeral nature of digital recording devices. Remember all the stuff you stored on floppy discs, now lost forever? Over the last 25 years, we've seen big 8-inch floppies replaced by 5.25-inch medium replaced by little 3.5-inch floppies, Zip discs and CD-ROMs, external hard drives and now the Cloud -- and let's not forget memory sticks and also-rans like the DAT and Minidisc.

In Defense of Donald Trump's Namecalling By Ted Rall

Donald Trump likes to call people "stupid." And/or "loser."  

More American Fascism: Trump's Bigotry Relies on Legal and Historical Precedents By Ted Rall

George Stephanopoulos, ABC News: "You're increasingly being compared to Hitler. Does that give you any pause at all?"

Donald Trump: "Because what I'm doing is no different than what FDR [did]. FDR's solution for Germans, Italians, Japanese many years ago. This is a president who was highly respected by all. He did the same thing -- if you look at what he was doing it was far worse."

When it comes down to core values, you can never make an exception.

Do Not Be Impressed By Mark Zuckerberg's Phony Generosity By Ted Rall

CEO Mark Zuckerberg promises to give 99 percent of his Facebook shares to charity -- eventually.

Bernie Sanders Is a Socialist and So Are You By Ted Rall

When it comes to politics, Americans are idiots.       

Cops Gone Wild: Police Unions Are Killing Our Freedoms by Ted Rall

Police unions are out of control.

Politics Behind a Pay Wall: If CNBC Sponsors a Debate, Did It Really Happen? By Ted Rall

There are two kinds of media censorship: direct and self-directed.    

Hey, Obama: Crowdfunding Aid for Syrian Refugees Is Incredibly Gross and Tacky By Ted Rall

I pay taxes.    

You pay taxes.   

Some of those taxes pay for good things. Some pay for bad things.

Carly Fiorina, Identity Politics and the Death of Feminism by Ted Rall

If you doubt that the politics of identity have triumphed over the debate over ideas, read the New York Times story about how "Carly Fiorina Both Repels and Enthralls Liberal Feminists."

Let VW Face the Same Penalties as Us -- Or Let Us Go Unpunished, Too By Ted Rall

If you did it once, you'd be fired.

If you did it hundreds of times, you'd go to prison.

Why should a corporation worth billions of dollars be treated more leniently than we individuals?

There Is No 'Flood' of Syrian Migrants By Ted Rall

Of all the stupid things people say while talking about politics, the one whose stupidity never ceases to astound me is that we're all out of room for new immigrants.

Haven't the nativists ever flown cross-country? Grab a window seat! If America has anything, it's space.

Hillary Is So Sorry She Wasn't Sorry Sooner by Ted Rall

Poor Hillary Clinton.

What's With News Media Who Don't Want to Publish News? By Ted Rall

If a pizza shop refused to sell pizza, everyone would say it was run by crazy people.       

What does it say about the people who run the news media that they don't want to report news?     

Americans Are Stupid by Ted Rall

Americans are dumb.

Hillary Doesn't Care That Much About Abortion Rights By Ted Rall

Hillary Clinton's recent attack on fellow presidential hopeful Marco Rubio, R-Fla., over abortion ("offensive," "outrageous" and "troubling," she said) reminded me of something I've been wanting to wonder aloud for some time:   

Why doesn't the Democratic Party call for a federal law legalizing abortion?   

Conservatism With a Heart? It's Called Socialism. By Ted Rall

American conservatives are staring down the barrel of a future that looks increasingly bleak for them due to two major demographic shifts: The country is becoming more ethnically diverse, and younger voters -- Gen Xers, millennials, and presumably whoever comes next -- are left cold or even repelled by the Republican Party's Christian evangelical base and "social issues," i.e. its obsession over who everyone has sex with. Anticipating their imminent irrelevance, some on the right say it's time to reboot conservatism by bringing it more in line with the increasingly tolerant tone of most Americans on social issues, and by addressing their economic concerns.   

Scott Walker: An Idiot, Ready to Serve on Day 900 By Ted Rall

Imagine you're running for president of the United States of America. The campaign has begun. Then something unsettling happens: You realize that you're not qualified for the job.   

Health Care Insurance Pigs Soaking Americans With Secret 20 to 40 Percent Rate Increases on Obamacare By Ted Rall

This is what happens when you trust free markets.

You probably heard that the Supreme Court rejected the latest legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, aka The Great Transfer of Taxpayer Dollars to Scumbag Health Insurance Companies. That news broke during a major news day.