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Jeffrey Sterling: A Whistleblower’s First Post-Prison Trip Abroad

I wasn’t on that stage just to scare the audience about how horrible it will be to be charged under the Espionage Act, I was there to tell them that if I could stand up against it, so can the rest of the world. 

May 20, 2024 · 8 Comments

Andrew J. Bacevich: What Obsessing About You-Know-Who Causes Us To Miss

24 Key Issues That Neither the Washington Elite Nor the Media Consider Worth Their Bother Donald Trump’s election has elicited impassioned affirmations of a renewed commitment to unvarnished truth-telling from … Continue reading

May 9, 2017 · Leave a comment

W.J. Astore: A Contrary Perspective on the Middle East

How about a contrary perspective on the Middle East, courtesy of my old globe? It dates from the early 1920s, just after World War I but before Russia became the … Continue reading

December 18, 2015 · 1 Comment

Marc Jampole: Superhero Americans

In thinking about our troops in Syria, remember Viet Nam and how quickly 50 can become 500,000. I wonder whether the Obama Administration has been watching too many superhero movies. … Continue reading

November 9, 2015 · 2 Comments

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