On July 6, CNN reports, “President Donald Trump chided North Korea for its recent missile tests, saying it is ‘behaving in a very very dangerous manner.'” Particularly motivating Trump’s expression of angst was this week’s test of the...
‘Russiagate’: The Stink Without a Secret
After six solid months of coordinated allegation from the mainstream media allied to the leadership of state security institutions, not one single scrap of solid evidence for Trump/Russia election hacking has emerged. I do not support Donald Trump. I do support truth....
Iraqi Commander Shot Dead in Mosul; 136 Killed in Iraq
Sikkim Stand-Off: China and India Collide in the Himalayas
India’s ultra-nationalist government under Prime Minister Nahendra Modi is engaged in an aggressive face-off with China that could end in a large-scale military conflict. Although the strip of land, called Donglang, that is at the center of the dispute has long been...
Why Imperial Washington Should Cool It On North Korea
The threat of nuclear war has again sharply escalated owing to North Korea's apparent successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), albeit one that traveled only 600 miles, not the 6,000 miles needed to reach California. Likewise, it was only a...
Two Impulsive Leaders Fan the Global Flames
Originally posted at TomDispatch. Every now and then something lodges in your memory and seems to haunt you forever. In my case, it was a comment Newsweek attributed to an unnamed senior British official “close to the Bush team” before the invasion of Iraq...
Instead of Trying to Sabotage the Trump-Putin Meeting, Democrats Should Support Vital Proposals
Some leading Democrats in Congress are eager to turn the summit meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin away from avenues for improvements in U.S.-Russian relations, even if that means deflecting it toward World War III. On Wednesday, the New York Times...
Militant Attacks South of Mosul; 102 Killed Across Iraq
The Trump-Putin Meeting and the Fate of the Earth
Any truthful way to say it will sound worse than ghastly: We live in a world where one person could decide to begin a nuclear war – quickly killing several hundred million people and condemning vast numbers of others to slower painful deaths. Given the macabre...
Why Can’t Right-Wing Leaders Support Smaller Government?
The convincing victory of Emmanuel Macron in the recent French presidential election and his majority in France's parliament (the National Assembly) gives another political neophyte vast power in an influential Western country. Although Macron started his own...


