On July 4th Demand Freedom, Don’t Celebrate The State
As we gather with family and friends to celebrate the July 4th holiday we should remember that we are not celebrating the state, but rather commemorating an act of secession from an oppressive government. We are celebrating the adoption of the Declaration of...
The Nonviolent History of American Independence
Independence Day is commemorated with fireworks and flag-waving, gun salutes and military parades . . . however, one of our nation's founding fathers, John Adams, wrote, “A history of military operations . . . is not a history of the American Revolution.” Often...
Why the Sanders ‘Revolution’ Must Take on the Permanent War State
The People's Summit in Chicago June 17-19 dramatically displayed both the strengths and the vulnerabilities of what has emerged in 2016 as one of the most potentially powerful movements for fundamental change in the United States in many decades. The event, which...
The Revolt Against Globalism
There was William Galston at the European Council on Foreign Relations, listening to his fellow elitists and foreign policy honchos caviling about the rise of Donald Trump and bemoaning the fate of the European Union (EU) at the hand’s of Britain’s Euro-skeptics. As...
46 Killed in Executions and Fresh Attacks in Iraq
Shi’ite Neighborhoods Rocked in Baghdad; 384 Killed in Iraq
How Turkey’s Reconciliation Deal With Israel Harms the Palestinians
With Israel and Turkey having announced a reconciliation agreement this week, Turkey is portraying itself as a protector of the oppressed by arguing that it will allow greater aid to the people of Gaza. The truth, however, is that, far from helping the Palestinians,...
As the UN Capitulates, the US Has a Duty To End Weapon Sales to Saudi Arabia
On May 27, Foreign Policy reported that the Obama administration has decided to block the sale of additional cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia. This is great news, but it’s long past overdue and still not enough. U.S. companies, including Textron Industries – the makers...


