 
    If Russia Didn’t Exist, Would We Have to Invent It?
Why and how has Russia become our enemy, even while we do business with so many governments worse than Russia and despots worse than Putin? These are questions posed by this week’s podcast guest.
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    Why and how has Russia become our enemy, even while we do business with so many governments worse than Russia and despots worse than Putin? These are questions posed by this week’s podcast guest.
 
    How did the state of democracy in America become so precarious? Read on.
 
    Who is he? Why was he there?
 
    The rise of cyberattacks could force us to turn the Internet over to the government for security. And that’s a dangerous thing.
 
    In this installment, we begin to see the treachery of John Dean, and the chilling machinations of Skull and Bonesmen Poppy Bush and Richard A. Moore, whose bony fingers seem to be into everything.
 
    This past week, you may have seen financier Bill Browder everywhere. However, as far back as May of 2015, and then again in March of this year, WhoWhatWhy spoke to Browder about Russian intentions and methods.
 
    Consumer, environmental, and public health and safety advocates have upped their rhetoric as they fight to block passage of the Regulatory Accountability Act, whose political prospects have never been better.
 
    Today is the French national holiday also known as Bastille Day. I first heard of Bastille Day as a teenager when I heard the song of the same name by the Canadian prog-rock band Rush. Here’s some sample lyrics: But they’re marching to Bastille Day La guillotine will claim her bloody prize Free […]
 
    In Part 4, we see more and more tantalizing evidence of how much our perception of events, and of people, can be manipulated.
 
    Blackwater founder Erik Prince wants private contractors to replace the US military in Afghanistan. History shows that might be a bad idea. In the 1980s, in the midst of the Savings and Loan crisis and the Iran-Contra scandal, private connections to the CIA kept turning up like a bad penny.
 
    At least some mainstream media are finally showing an interest in the unresolved mysteries of the Boston Marathon bombing. But the FBI remains as tight-lipped as ever. What are they hiding?
 
    Black Living on Confederate Streets ; United Fumbles Again …and More Picks for 7/6