Social Security Versus National Security
Is the Social Security system finally in trouble? It could be, thanks to the third-rail political issue of military spending.
The Myth of Winnable Nuclear War Is Having Another Moment
International activists are gearing up to push back on this deadly Reagan-era relic.
America Dominant Again (in Arms Sales)
Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and others are again profiting at the expense of so many of the rest of us.
Joe Biden’s First 100 Days Were a Pentagon Prize
The saddest story of the Biden moment is that, amid proposed domestic advances, the Pentagon is still going to be funded and fed in the all-too-usual, wildly profligate fashion.
The Director of National Intelligence’s Hypocritical Annual Threat Assessment
DNI Avril Haines' Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intel Community is written in classic DC-establishment-ese but leaves room for plenty of policy indecency.
What the U.S. Could’ve Done With the $2 Trillion Spent on the Afghanistan War
Rather than leave 240,000 people dead, the U.S. could have greened half its electrical grid--for starters.
The Fine Print on Biden’s Afghanistan Announcement
Contrary to what Joe Biden has said and corporate media has parroted, U.S. warfare in Afghanistan is set to continue well beyond September 11, 2021.
We Should All Be Afraid of the New Cold War
2021 looks a lot like 1981—and that should scare us.
Biden Is Playing an Apocalyptic Game of Chicken With China
Could the U.S. and China face an unintended blowup in the Western Pacific in the Biden years?
Lee Camp: Why Biden’s Choice to Bomb Outer Space Is So Damn Exciting
At a time of unprecedented crises, what Americans and the world needs most is obviously another arena for humans to annihilate each other in.
The American Military’s Africa Gambit
America's faux intellectuals and their false assumptions strike again, this time via a "Foreign Affairs" piece by a multigenerational military trio of facsimile David Petraeuses peddling un-ironic Rudyard Kipling reprises.
Will Biden Finally Bring Our Troops Home From Afghanistan?
After 7,068 Groundhog-like Days in Afghanistan, the president should know what the right move is.
The Folly of Backing France’s African Adventures
President Macron is apparently hoping for a Biden-bailout for France’s collapsing seven-year campaign in the Sahel. One can see why.
The National Security State Has Militarized Our Democracy
A particular irony of this century has been that the less effective the U.S. military has been abroad, the more it’s come to be treasured here at home. In the…
Joe Biden Must Learn from America’s Failed Wars
Have any of our leaders really come to grips with the striking American ability in the last 60 years to get into but not out of wars?