Robert B's recent articles
21 February 2026
Prince Andrew arrested – why not King Trump?
If no one is above the law in the UK, not even royalty, presumably no one is above the law in the US, not even a president.
17 February 2026
‘It’s my government’: Robert Reich's short note to Kristi Noem
To a current US cabinet secretary from a former one.
17 January 2026
Best of 2025 - Five reasons Trump’s economy stinks and 10 things the Dems should do about It
The Trump economy is truly awful for most Americans. Democrats need to show America that they can be better trusted to bring prices down and real wages up.
20 November 2025
Five reasons Trump’s economy stinks and 10 things the Dems should do about It
The Trump economy is truly awful for most Americans. Democrats need to show America that they can be better trusted to bring prices down and real wages up.
5 October 2025
Dementia president: Could it be that Trump has truly lost his mind?
Given his behaviour, it could very well be that the president of the United States is going nuts.
5 July 2025
Trump’s Big Ugly Bill is fascism in writing
It establishes an anti-immigrant police state in America, replete with a standing army of ICE agents and a gulag of detention facilities, and it was passed by a narrow margin despite popular opinion.
6 September 2022
Protecting American democracy is the most important battle of our lifetimes
The essential political choice in America is no longer Republican or Democrat, right or left, conservative or liberal. It is democracy or authoritarian fascism.
26 February 2022
Only the right has become more extreme over the last 50 years.
Like in the early 1970s, the left is still against the war machine, still pushing for civil and voting rights, and still fighting the power of big corporations. But the right has moved far, far rightward.
23 March 2020
America has no real public health system – coronavirus has a clear run (The Guardian 15.3.2020)
Trump’s response has been inadequate but the system is rigged anyway. As always, the poor will be hit hardest. Almost 30% of American workers have no paid sick leave from their employers, including 70% of low-income workers earning less than $10.49 an hour.
2 October 2019
Trump can do more damage than Nixon. His impeachment is imperative (Guardian 28-9-2019)
Amid the impeachment furor, don’t lose sight of the renewed importance of protecting the integrity of the 2020 election.
29 August 2016
Why a Single-Payer Healthcare System is Inevitable
Private markets for health insurance pose a structural problem, and Obamacare can’t fix it.