Civilian Casualties in Battle at Kurdish Border; 67 Killed in Iraq
Dying for the Empire Is Not Heroic
Predictably, the news media spent most of the week examining words Donald Trump may or may not have spoken to the widow of an American Green Beret killed in Niger, in northwest Africa, in early October. Not only was this coverage tedious, it was largely pointless. We...
Security Forces Shoot Protesters in Kirkuk, Khanaqin; 18 Killed in Iraq
Trump Plans to Make It Easier to Kill Civilians with Drones. Sadly, We Can Thank Obama for That.
Barely a month after President Donald Trump announced plans to deepen and extend the now 16-year-old U.S. war in Afghanistan, reports surfaced of plans to expand another signature Obama-era policy: the drone war. Specifically, The New York Times reported in late...
Peshmerga Casualty Figures Raised; 90 Killed in Iraq
McCain As Metaphor
Some people are living symbols, sheer embodiments of a concept that fits their persona as snugly as their skin: e.g. the Dalai Lama personifies Contemplative Piety, Harvey Weinstein is the incarnation of Brazen Vulgarity, and John McCain’s very person exudes the...
Insider Threat Program Training and Trump’s War on Leaks: A Chilling Combination for Whistleblowers
The Trump administration has declared a war on media leaks and called for the U.S. federal workforce and contractors to receive “anti-leak” training. The centerpiece of Trump’s anti-leak campaign, aside from early morning tweet-storms railing against leakers and...
Kurds Begin Return Home to Kirkuk; Eight Killed in Iraq
The Real Reason Behind Trump’s Angry Diplomacy in North Korea
To understand the United States’ stratagem in the Pacific, and against North Korea in particular, one has to understand the fundamental changes that are under way in that region. China's clout as an Asian superpower and as a global economic powerhouse has been growing...


