Do You, Mr. Jones…? | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust May 22, 2017 In case you wonder how our politics fell into such a slough of despond, the answer is pretty simple. Neither main political party, or their trai ...

A Monster Eating the Nation | James Howard Kunstler

"NSA Monster." Illustration by Thorsten Erdt James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust May 19, 2017 Is there any question now that the Deep State is preparing to expel President Donald Trump from the ...

My New Book: A Safe and Happy Place | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust May 15, 2017 As you might imagine, I often hear from wannabe professional writers who have finished a book-length project and are horrified to discover that ...

Blood Sports | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust May 12, 2017 What you’re seeing in the political miasma of “RussiaGate” is an exercise in nostalgia. Apart from the symbolic feat of getting a “black” presid ...

Paris Afterparty | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust May 8, 2017 First mistake: Emmanuel Macron’s handlers played Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” instead of the French national anthem at the winner’s election rally. W ...

A Paler Shade of Gray | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust May 5, 2017 If you seek to know why this country is in so much trouble, check out the lead reports about the health care reform bill in today’s New York Time ...

The Sound of One Wing Flapping | James Howard Kunstler

One Wing Landing. Photo by Emily Stauring. fineartamerica.com/featured/one-wing-landing-emily-j-photography.htmlJames Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust May 1, 2017 And suddenly the storms of early ...

The National Blues | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust April 28, 2017 While the news waves groan with stories about “America’s Opioid Epidemic” you may discern that there is little effort to actually understand w ...

Ready, Set, Splat. | James Howard Kunstler

Emmanuel Macron. By Ecole polytechnique Université Paris. CC BY-SA 2.0James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust April 24, 2017 As I write, the French stock market (the CAC 40), is doing a grand jeté ...

A Matter of Mercy | James Howard Kunstler

Photo from "Life Inside The Alzheimer's Ward: A Hidden World Revealed." NPR -- Vermont Public Radio James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust April 21, 2017 Paging Doctor Oz! A patient calling itself ...

Buy the Dip? | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust April 17, 2017 The military frolics of spring have distracted the nation’s attention from the economic and financial dynamics that pose the ultimate mortal t ...