New Study: Mainstream Media Silences Debate About War
New analysis finds little opposition in mainstream media to latest US military attacks on Middle East nations. When it comes to asking hard questions about war, don’t count on the corporate … Continue reading
David Vine: The Bases of War in the Middle East
From Carter to the Islamic State, 35 Years of Building Bases and Sowing Disaster With the launch of a new U.S.-led war in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: Letter
Deer hunters half whose energy is spent not shooting one another in these little scraps of east coast woods I see you going out before dawn in your camo even … Continue reading
In Iraq, That Dog Don’t Hunt
Originally posted on The Contrary Perspective:
That President Don’t Hunt? W.J. Astore News that President Obama has doubled the number of American troops (whoops — I mean advisers) in Iraq…
Doug Anderson: What Combat Veterans Know
There is a war inside the war that only combat veterans know. They’re not being mysterious when they talk and seem to leave you out. They’d prefer it weren’t that … Continue reading
John Samuel Tieman: In Transit
on the train between Prague and Vienna I wanted to compose a poem something in a holy moment less than the Elevation at the Mass of course but still filled … Continue reading
Militarism USA
Originally posted on The Contrary Perspective:
A nuclear-capable B-2 Stealth Bomber flies over a gigantic flag at the 2012 Baseball All-Star Game W.J. Astore As Veterans Day approaches, I thought…
Glenn Greenwald: How Many Muslim Countries Has the US Bombed Or Occupied Since 1980?
Barack Obama, in his post-election press conference yesterday, announced that he would seek an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) from the new Congress, one that would authorize Obama’s … Continue reading
Election Result: More Military Escalations Are Coming
Originally posted on The Contrary Perspective:
James Madison warned that perpetual war is the worst enemy of personal liberty W.J. Astore So, Republicans now control the Senate as well as…
Tom Engelhardt: Afghanistan mi amor
From the beginning, it was to be “Russia’s Vietnam.” First the administration of President Jimmy Carter, then that of President Ronald Reagan was determined to give the Soviet Union a … Continue reading
Video: “Peace Piece” by Bill Evans
Hailed as one of the most beautiful and evocative solo piano improvisations ever performed, Bill Evans’s “Peace Piece” is an unrehearsed modal composition that he recorded for his “Everybody Digs … Continue reading
Jose Padua: Courtesy
While stopped at a light this afternoon the big black pickup truck beside me was playing something like Toby Keith while I was sitting in my minivan playing “Right Off” … Continue reading
Rory Fanning: Thank You for Your Valor, Thank You for Your Service, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You…
Still on the Thank-You Tour-of-Duty Circuit, 13 Years Later. Last week, in a quiet indie bookstore on the north side of Chicago, I saw the latest issue of Rolling Stone … Continue reading
