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When Military Contractors Fund Their Own Pro-War Think Tanks
The same contractor is also funding a think tank that is concurrently arguing against the withdrawal. This case is worth examining both because it is routine, and because it highlights the venality of our “expert”-military contractor feed…
Sack Octavius and Newsom! The Recall is as Old as the Roman Republic
E RECALLUS UNUM - The recall—the tool being used in an attempt to remove Gavin Newsom as California’s governor before his term is over—migh…
Afghanistan and the Propaganda of Infinite War
THE U.S. WAR MACHINE-The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s re-ascendance are producing some incredible lamentations about…
China, 2049 - A Climate Disaster Zone, Not a Military Superpower
CLIMATE WATCH - In recent months, Washington has had a lot to say about China’s ever-expanding air, naval, and missile power.
Despite Trillions Spent, the US Military Hasn't Won a Real War Since 1945
MILITARY INDUSTRY - The United States emerged from its victory in World War II as the world's preeminent superpower. Its annual military bu…
Trump Wants Judge to Reinstate His YouTube Account So He Can Sell Stuff
SOCIAL MEDIA SHAM-The former president of the people of Alabama is asking a Florida judge to issue a preliminary injunction in his beef wit…
Trump’s Favorite Pesticide Banned!
PROTECTING THE PLANET - The Biden EPA has put a stop to use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on food crops, thereby reversing a decision by th…
Keepers of the Flame: Climate Chaos and Creeping Authoritarianism
CLIMATE POLITICS - Our son was born just after midnight on New Year’s Day, in the middle of a blizzard and at the apex of a plague.
Roaming Charges: When the Empire of Graveyards Falls in the Graveyard of Empires
WORDS ON WAR - The next war on Afghanistan will be a silent war, one waged behind the shadowed windows of board rooms and bank vaults, an e…
It is Government Weakness, Not Taliban Strength, That Condemns Afghanistan
WORDS ON WAR - The victory of the Taliban in Afghanistan is looking unstoppable as they capture the big provincial cities of Kandahar, Hera…
The Taliban Surrendered in 2001
IN RETROSPECT - At a U.S. Special Forces camp near Kandahar, Afghanistan, on December 5, 2001, the Taliban offered an unconditional surrend…
CW STILL POPULAR: New Census Data Ranks the Blackest and Whitest Places in America
THE ROOT - Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released its first trove of demographic data from the 2020 census, leading many to divest in c…
The Taliban Thrive on Social Media, Despite Sites' Bans
TWISTING TWITTER - On Monday morning, during a live BBC news broadcast, journalist Yalda Hakim was interrupted by a phone call from a Talib…
On Telling the Truth to Ourselves
SOCIETAL TRUTHS - Rocky, the code name given to me by the far left in the Portland, Oregon protest movement, was born out of pure existenti…
Pegasus and the global surveillance business
EYE SPY - We have just learned about a powerful spyware known as Pegasus, manufactured and leased by the Israeli company NSO Group and capa…
US Empire's Afghan Ponzi Scheme Comes to Ignoble End
A LOST WAR - The United States lost the Afghanistan War a long time ago, as is quickly becoming apparent as the Taliban take city after cit…
We Know What to Do on Climate. We Know How to Do It. Only Question: Will We?
CLIMATE POLICIES--The first response many of us have to a cancer diagnosis is terror, horror, and the conviction that we’re doomed.
Will Investing in Community Groups Keep Immigrants Out of Detention?
IMMIGRATION WATCH - “It’s solidarity, not charity,” said Grace Kindeke, who helps people recently released from immigration detention with…
US Foreign Policy Adrift: Why Washington is No Longer Calling the Shots
Jonah Goldberg and Michael Ledeen have much in common. They are both writers and also cheerleaders for military interventions and, often, f…
"This Was Avoidable," Climate Activists Say About Apocalyptic UN Climate Report
The United Nations COP 26 climate summit this November was already set to be one of the most important diplomatic gatherings in history, a…
