A Cold War With China Is the Last Thing We Can Afford Right Now
By Mandy Smithberger / TomDispatch This country is in a crisis of the first order. More than half a million of us have died thanks to Covid-19. Food insecurity is…
All Risk, No Reward: The Perils and Absurdity of Iraq War 4.0
The muddled US military mission and ongoing troop presence creates nearly all the conditions for the latest crisis.
Glenn Greenwald on His Resignation from the Intercept
The Pulitzer winner founded The Intercept to challenge official narratives and protect editorial freedom. When editors spiked a controversial story he wrote, he concluded they had abandoned those principals and…
Surviving the Pandemic In a Broken Country
While most of the developed world has been dealing with the impact of the pandemic in a reasonable fashion, it’s played out differently here in the U.S.
Out with the Old
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The Tragedy of Col. (ret.) Joel Rayburn: A Former Student’s Lament
Joel Rayburn was a favorite professor at West Point. Sadly, he later rejected intellectual consistency and championed rather than challenged America’s hopeless and ethically indefensible wars.
America The CliffsNotes
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Lebanon: Bellwether, Battleground, and Bastard Child of the Mideast
This Mideast mirror was ready to burst well before the recent Beirut blast. And here’s a hint for Washington: it’s not about us!
David Shimer: Are Russia and US Actually Different When It Comes to Election Meddling?
Engaging from different historical worldviews, Scheer and Shimer engage in a spirited conversation on an old yet timely debate.
On Contact: Policing the Police Is a Strategy Doomed to Failure
Prior restrictions and checks on police behavior have failed completely and police power is greater today than ever.
America’s Historic Choice: Corporate Tyranny or Revolution
Early in the pandemic, Chris Hedges warned that, compared to what may lie ahead, 'these were the good times.' What about now?
On Contact: Collateral Murder Video and Cover-Up
Dean Yates was the head of Reuters' Baghdad bureau when two of his employees were killed by the U.S. Army.
How the Pentagon Failed to Sell Bunk ‘Bountygate’ story to US Intelligence
Another New York Times Russiagate bombshell turns out to be a dud, as dodgy stories spun out by Afghan intelligence and exploited by the Pentagon ultimately failed to convince US…