Tides of Unreason

Longtime readers of this column will recall my Bizarro World theory: the idea that the 9/11 terrorist attacks ripped a hole in the space-time continuum and pushed us into another dimension, one known – to all us fans of Superman comics – as Bizarro World. This is a...

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Take It Down: US Support for Jim Crow Israel

When it comes to flags, George Carlin said it best: “I see them as symbols, and I leave them to the symbol-minded.” Yet, those who fanatically oppose particular flags are just as symbol/simple-minded as those who wave them. For example, the recent Jacobin surge to...

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Lessons from Obama’s War in Libya

In March 2011, President Barack Obama succumbed to French pressure and led the NATO alliance from behind in bombing the Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. At the time, Obama was criticized for not letting the United States remain in the forefront of eliminating odious...

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A Mideast Game of Thrones

As President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran is compared to Richard Nixon's opening to China, Bibi Netanyahu must know how Chiang Kai-shek felt as he watched his old friend Nixon toasting Mao in Peking. The Iran nuclear deal is not on the same geostrategic level. Yet...

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Iran Agreement Boosts Peace, Defeats Neocons

Last week’s successfully concluded Iran agreement is one of the two most important achievements of an otherwise pretty dismal Obama presidency. Along with the ongoing process of normalizing relations with Cuba, this move shows that diplomacy can produce peaceful,...

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204 Killed across Iraq; Large Stadium Demolished

At least 204 were killed and 30 were wounded in the latest violence. In Hudaid, 10 people were killed and 16 were wounded in a mortar attack. Thirteen men were kidnapped, including a Sunni tribal leader and his three sons. Militants killed three soldiers, including a...

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The Dangerously Vague Romance of War

Which sounds better, to “die for your government”, or “give your life for your country”?  The first could be interpreted, after a mountain of bodies pile up, as a mistake.  As something that would seem to require scrutiny, admissions of having been wrong, of blame to...

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