Michael Moore: Is Trump Purposely Sabotaging His Campaign?
Friends, Donald Trump never actually wanted to be President of the United States. I know this for a fact. I’m not going to say how I know it. I’m not … Continue reading
Joan E. Bauer: After the Battle of Caporetto, 1917
I have come to rescue you -Benito Mussolini Mules on the road, troops mud-slogged, wet in their capes. Heavy guns drawn by tractors. Where the … Continue reading
Karen J. Greenberg: Liberty Is Security
The Lesson Not Drawn From Post-9/11 Government Overreach One vivid image of the historical relationship between government power and individual liberties in America has long been the swing of the … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Where do the two candidates stand on the issues?
Here is an issue-by-issue comparison of the two leading presidential candidates’ positions. One represents the most progressive national program in the history of this country, the other a hodgepodge of … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: KABLAM!!
Debate predictions: Media face 3 moments of truth & the “birther” becomes a quitter. The news media would like to cast the upcoming presidential debates as an Armageddon-like battle for … Continue reading
Peter Van Buren: It’s Personal
Apologizing to My Daughter for the Last 15 Years of War I recently sent my last kid off for her senior year of college. There are rituals to such moments, … Continue reading
Video: Official Trailer for “Snowden” by Oliver Stone
. Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone, the director of Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, Wall Street and JFK, has released Snowden, the politically-charged thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley, … Continue reading
Dr. Neta C. Crawford: Costs of Wars through 2016 — $4.79 Trillion and Counting
Summary of Budgetary Costs of US Wars in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan and Homeland Security Wars cost money before, during and after they occur — as governments prepare for, … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: On Sex, Politics and Poetry
My friend Jane Legrand has written “I must find something to do with all that I feel.” What a perfect expression of why we write act direct draw sing photograph. … Continue reading
W.J. Astore: The Forever War — A Peculiar Form of American Zen
As a teenager, I read Joe Haldeman’s book, “The Forever War.” The title intrigued, as did the interstellar setting. Haldeman’s soldiers are caught up in a conflict whose rules keep … Continue reading
Peter Blair: Captain Adam on Mars
Tribes Picked by U.S. to Fight Taliban, Get Tied Up in Own Feud; ‘If They Take Our Land, We’ll Kill Them All.’ Wall Street Journal Hot dust … Continue reading
Video: Barbara Lee’s Lone Vote on September 14, 2001 was as Prescient as it was Brave and Heroic
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER the 9/11 attack, while bodies were still buried in the rubble, George W. Bush demanded from Congress the legal authorization to use military force against those responsible … Continue reading
Tom Engelhardt: A 9/11 Retrospective — Washington’s 15-Year Air War
Bombs Away! Their Precision Weaponry and Ours. On the morning of September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda launched its four-plane air force against the United States. On board were its precision weapons: … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Trump May Win
How many people voting for Trump have been brainwashed by mainstream news media to dislike Hillary? Yesterday evening I witnessed something frightening. The masterful jazz trombonist Robin Eubanks was performing … Continue reading
