I’m pissed. I’m pissed at Donald Trump for trying to shut down the vote count early and at Republicans seeking to steal the election using conservative-appointed federal judges. But I’m also mad at Joe Biden and the Democratic Party big shots who got Biden elected but...
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In 1940, the United States Decided To Rule the World
Stephen Wertheim’s Tomorrow, The World examines a shift in elite U.S. foreign-policy thinking that took place in mid-1940. Why in that moment, a year and a half before the Japanese attacks on the Philippines, Hawaii, and other outposts, did it become popular in...
Biden: A War Cabinet?
"Let’s bring decency and integrity back to the White House." I can’t count the number of times I have heard and read this phrase uttered by U.S. expats here in Paris, France. As one of many American expats living here, of course I share in the desire for an end...
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The Government’s Lust To Spy
In 2019, agents of the federal and state governments persuaded judges to issue 99% of all requested intercepts. An intercept is any type of government surveillance – telephone, text message, email, even in-person. These are intercepts that theoretically are based on...
The Tortured Legacy of the Mexican-American War
I had a horror of the Mexican War … only I had not the moral courage enough to resign. ~ Ulysses S. Grant (1879) The phrase “regime change wars” has, of late, taken on profound meaning and stoked massive controversy. When either Donald Trump,...
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Three Decades After Peaceful German Liberation and Unification
Revolution and war typically go together. Entrenched political establishments and elites rarely yield power voluntarily. Those enraged over persistent injustice often turn to violence. Revolution sometimes triggers war and at other times is a consequence of conflict....
How DHS and FBI Officials Spun a Dubious Russian Election Threat Days Before Voting
Reprinted from The Grayzone with the author's permission. A Department of Homeland Security election alert spawning new Russia fears was so incoherent and inconsistent with previous findings, it suggested a state of political panic inside the agency. Just days before...


