The deadly Israeli invasion of Jenin on July 3 was not a surprise. Unsurprising also is the fact that the killing of 12 Palestinians, wounding of 120 more, and the destruction of nearly 80 percent of the Jenin Refugee Camp’s homes and infrastructure will not make an...
It’s Always a ‘Difficult Decision,’ They Tell Us
“In a dark time,” poet Theodore Roethke wrote, “the eye begins to see.” Stanley Kunitz observed: “In a murderous time / the heart breaks and breaks / and lives by breaking.” In the current murderous time, amid the dim media swirl, acuity arrived for some with the news...
Vice Presidents Keep Getting Worse on Foreign Policy
Every vice president in this century has been terrible on foreign policy. In the race to be the least terrible, Mike Pence did himself no favors the other day. Pence was bragging to Fox News about how tough he and Donald Trump were with regards to Russia. He proudly...
Peace in Ukraine? Faltering Counter-Offensive, Failed Coup
So far, Ukraine’s month-long "counter-offensive" has been a very costly failure. Attacks on Russian forces in the southern province of Zaporozhe have yet to achieve any significant strategic success, and the same is true all along the line of contact....
Netanyahu: No Palestinian State and the PA ‘Works for Us’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not just against the establishment of a Palestinian state, he wants to eliminate the very aspirations for such a state. This was the gist of Netanyahu's remarks, made at a meeting of the Israeli Knesset's Foreign Affairs...
Cluster Munitions for Ukraine
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission. News that the Biden administration is sending cluster munitions to Ukraine highlights the dangerous escalatory nature of wars. These are special bombs and artillery shells with hundreds of “bomblets” that...
Good News on Free Speech — for Now
Occasionally, the news makes one cheer. That’s the case with a preliminary injunction granted this week (July 4) to stop the federal government from suppressing lawful speech on social media. U.S. District Court Judge Terry A. Doughty took the action in the case...
Arming Taiwan is an Insane Provocation
The Island of Taiwan has been turned into a “powder keg” by the infusion of U.S. weaponry, pushing the Taiwanese people into the “abyss of disaster.” These are the words of the Chinese Defense Ministry in reaction to the recent $440 million sale of U.S. arms to the...
Federal Court Makes This July 4th a True Independence Day
While Americans were enjoying hot dogs and fireworks this Fourth of July, federal Judge Terry A. Doughty commemorated Independence Day by striking a blow for the separation of big tech and state. Specifically, he issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting a number of...
What if Russia Is Winning America’s Proxy War in Ukraine?
Reprinted with permission from the American Conservative. Washington is a world apart. A war the United States supposedly isn’t waging hangs over the imperial city. Americans imagine they are at peace, but the Biden administration, backed by most members of...


