On March 20, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told a CNN interviewer that he personally requested the leaders of NATO members "to say directly that we are going to accept you into NATO in a year or two or five, just say it directly and clearly, or just say...
15 Seconds Until Nuclear Armageddon
"When militarism is addressed as a psychosocial disease, the absurd irrationality of its symptoms is clearly exposed." These words are from a 1992 essay by N. Arther Coulter published in a journal called Medicine and War. Who would have guessed? They're as relevant...
Why Are Critics Afraid To Confront the Ukraine Lobby?
There is a concerted effort in the United States and Europe to intimidate, smear, and silence anyone who dares criticize Ukraine’s government or the Biden administration’s policy on the Russia-Ukraine war. The latest example was the decision of the Congressional...
Despite Ukraine’s Recent Gains, Supporting Kyiv Was Never Wise
The last two months have been good for Ukraine. In what once looked to be a war of attrition, Ukraine’s army has appeared to have turned the tables on Russia, making considerable gains on the battlefield while Russia looks to be in disarray. Two counter offenses have...
Don’t Look Up Is Potent Political Satire Against Nuclear War
Don’t Look Up, the Academy Award-nominated film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, is one of Netflix’s most-watched movies this year. For good reason. It is the most potent political satire in recent memory — but not in the way it intends. The...
Biden Has an ‘Off-Ramp’ on Ukraine
A Rose has bloomed In the Blinken/Sullivan/Biden desert of ideas on Ukraine. I refer to Rose Gottemoeller, 69, who was Under Secretary of State for Arms Control during the Obama/Biden second term and knows much more about the real world than the boys Biden has in the...
What To Make of All the Nuclear Fearmongering?
Nuclear saber-rattling from both sides, from Russia and from the West, has been steadily increasing over recent weeks as Ukraine has made gains in the east, and is now making a push in the south toward Kherson, on the doorstep to Crimea. NATO has begun their annual...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Four Killed
So Long as There are Nukes, We Had Better Hope We Live in a MAD World
Opening a column with statistics and dates may not be the best way to get your attention, but these three statistics and single date are important, so please take note: The median age in the US is 38.5 years. The median age in Russia is 39.8 years. The median age...
The Other Russia-West War: Why Some African Countries Are Abandoning Paris, Joining Moscow
The moment that Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was ousted by his own former military colleague, Captain Ibrahim Traore, pro-coup crowds filled the streets. Some burned French flags, others carried Russian flags. This scene alone represents the current...


