Criticizing Israel Isn’t Anti-Semitic. Here’s What Is.
Weeks ago, when the first accusations of anti-Semitism were being leveled against Representative Ilhan Omar, I was deeply agitated. Not long ago I saw her address these accusations at a local town hall. She reminded the world that, as a Black Muslim woman in America,...
An Officer’s Path to Dissent
This article originally appeared at TruthDig on January 3, 2018. For a while there, I was a real star. High up in my class at West Point, tough combat deployments in two wars, a slew of glowing evaluations, even a teaching assignment back at the military academy. I...
Militia Forces Ambushed in North; 10 Killed in Iraq
Updated at 11:45 p.m. EST, March 7, 2019 At least 10 people were killed, and 34 were wounded: Seven militiamen were killed, and 30 more were wounded when they were ambushed on a mountain road near Makhmour. A blast in Muqdadiya killed one policeman and wounded four...
Aircraft Carriers: Give Truman and Ford a Burial at Sea
The US Department of Defense wants to retire an old aircraft carrier early while building two new ones (and adding other goodies to their shopping list). Surprise, surprise – politicians from states with the shipyards and naval bases that employ their constituents...
Why the Outrage? ‘Jewish Power’ Party Is the New Norm in Israeli Politics
Immediately after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forged an alliance with the fringe political group, Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power), a widespread outrage ensued. The anger did not emanate only from the Center, Left and Arab parties, but from some in the Right...
Did Bolton Blow North Korea?
President Trump’s second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un last week was criticized by both parties in Washington long before Air Force One even touched down in Hanoi. Washington’s political class seemed terrified that the nearly 70 year state of...
Why Won’t Maduro Let US Humanitarian Aid Into Venezuela? History.
The mainstream media is full of images and stories of Venezuela’s inhumanely authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro pushing American offerings of humanitarian aid away from Venezuela’s border with Columbia. The mainstream media serves us up our offerings of news...
Mike Pompeo’s War Warning to China
As President Trump flew home from his Hanoi summit with Kim Jong Un, Mike Pompeo peeled off and flew to Manila. And there the Secretary of State made a startling declaration. Any armed attack by China on a Philippine ship or plane in the South China Sea, he told the...
