Last week the New York Times ran a shocking article claiming that the US intelligence community believes the Ukrainian government to be responsible for the August attack that killed Darya Dugina, the daughter of a prominent Russian philosopher. Surely the established...
Relentless: JFK on Cuba; Putin on Ukraine
On Oct. 6, President Joe Biden warned: "First time since the Cuban missile crisis, we have a direct threat of the use (of a) nuclear weapon if in fact things continue down the path they are going … I’m trying to figure out what is Putin’s off ramp?" Biden...
Maps Not To Die For
Part 1 Washington can’t get out of its own way – that’s for sure. After recklessly depleting the nation’s SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve) to just 23 days of supply, or the lowest level since the early 1980s, OPEC has now administered a 2 million barrels per day...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Twelve Killed
Who Deserves a Nobel Peace Prize in Ukraine?
In what was described as a harsh rebuke of Russia, the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties, along with Belarusian human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski and the Russian human rights organization...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Seven Killed
Can Europe Afford To Turn a Blind Eye to Evidence of a US Role in Pipeline Blasts?
Reprinted from Mint Press News with the author's permission. The sabotage of the two Nord Stream pipelines leaves Europeans certain to be much poorer and colder this winter, and was an act of international vandalism on an almost unimaginable scale. The attacks severed...
Despite Calls for Diplomacy To End War, US Confirms More Weapons Headed to Ukraine
Proponents of a negotiated diplomatic solution to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine this week decried the Biden administration's latest military assistance package for the embattled country, warning that the longer the fight continues, the greater the chance of a...
Hidden Motives: Why Lapid Is Not Serious About a Palestinian State
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid threw a wrench into the works when he declared from the United Nations General Assembly podium: "An agreement with the Palestinians, based on two states for two peoples, is the right thing for Israel’s security, for Israel’s...
North Korea: An Opportunity Missed
In September, North Korea passed a law that, for the first time, declared itself a nuclear weapons state that will "never give up" its nuclear weapons. On October 3, North Korea fired a ballistic missile over the northern territory of Japan. It didn’t...


