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When Did Honor Die? Does Anyone Care Anymore?
The Perfidy of Those Who Do Nothing
Edmund Burke is most famous for his saying, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Less famous but perhaps more important is his other saying: “Nobody made a…
Yes, a Jobs Guarantee for All Could Create “Boondoggles.” It also Might Save the Planet
GUEST WORDS--In recent weeks, talk of a federal job guarantee has swept into the national political debate. Possible 2020 presidential hope…
None of the Above
FIRST PERSON-One of the fundamental constitutional rights that at least in theory distinguishes us from a totalitarian society is having a…
Mark Zuckerberg Faces Questions About Opioid Sales on Social Media
DANGERS OF ONLINE DRUG ADS-Mark Zuckerberg, the owner of the social networking giant, Facebook, appeared in front of Congress on April 11…
Bill Maher: America Must ‘Start Penalizing Liars’ Like Donald Trump … Sue ‘em’
VOICES-Bill Maher is calling time on liars. On Friday’s broadcast of “Real Time,”the comedian said people including President Donald Trump …
Lee Harvey Oswald was Framed … Here’s How
DUPED BY A DOUBLE-Denied a trial, Lee Harvey Oswald was instantly found guilty. But did the government ever prove their case?
Unreleased JFK Documents Will Indict People Not Agencies
EXPOSING THE WHYS-The JFK assassination is America's last unspeakable secret. To confess what really happened in Dallas that day is to admi…
No Risk? No Progress!
GELFAND’S WORLD--A couple of decades ago, some of my environmentalist friends started talking about something they called the precautionary…
US: Russia Hacked the Evidence of Chemical Attack in Syria
MY TURN-We are now being told (and I assure you I am not making this up) that if the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons d…
Eyeless in Gaza
WITNESSING WAR CRIMES-Write down: I, Uri Avnery, soldier number 44410 of the Israel army, hereby dissociate myself from the army sharpshoot…
Nikki Haley Seems To Be Saying US Will Remain In Syria As Long As Iran Exists
MY TURN--One year ago, the Trump administration transgressed establishment Washington orthodoxy by asserting that it was no longer pursuing…
Bombing Syria: Wrought with Uncertainty … and Still Is
WHEN TRUTH IS OBSCURED-It can be argued that the multilateral coordinated military action against Bashar al-Assad was carried out for the r…
We All Need to Unite Against War in Syria, Regardless of Ideology
STAND FOR SOMETHING--Last night Fox’s Tucker Carlson did what may have been the most amazing thing that has ever happened on American telev…
It’s Time to Cut the Military Contractors Loose
OTHER WORDS-How much of your paycheck do you plan to hand over to corporate Pentagon contractors this year?
Israeli and Hamas Leaders Must Face the Bitter Reality
MIDDLE EAST PERSPECTIVE--The ongoing Palestinian demonstration along the Israel-Gaza border has turned out to be, not surprisingly, violent.
There Is No Reasonable Way to Say ‘Abortion Is Murder’
FIRED FOR HIS VIEWS--When Kevin Williamson was fired by The Atlanticon Thursday afternoon, the Twittersphere lit up with mournful statement…
Unleashing Donald Trump’s Inner Child
VIEW FROM HERE--For historians, the current president of the United States is terra incognita. Donald John Trump is the first of the 44 ind…
California Considering Unprecedented Law Restricting Police Firearm Use
SHOOT FIRST, ASK LATER BEING QUESTIONED-On the heels of police officers shooting a young, unarmed black man to death in Sacramento, Califor…
The Persecution of Assange Proves Him Right
VIEW FROM HERE--The online Oxford dictionary defines the word siege as a “military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or build…
Democracy In Chains, Laissez Faire Capitalism On Steroids … Say What?
FIRST PERSON-In her book Democracy inChains, Professor Nancy MacLean of Duke University in North Carolinalays out how the over 40-year mast…
