Congress recently passed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) allowing families of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks to sue other governments, including Saudi Arabia, for possible damages. Despite threats by the Saudi government to sell...
18 Militants Killed in Iraq as Row with Turkey Continues
ISIS, Not Russia, Is the Enemy in Syria
Denouncing Russian air strikes on Aleppo as "barbaric," Mike Pence declared in Tuesday's debate: "The provocations by Russia need to be met with American strength. ... The United States of America should be prepared to use military force, to strike...
Gary Johnson and ‘Moral Equivalence’
Hillary’s little helpers in the “mainstream” media are frothing at the mouth over Gary Johnson: at first, they didn’t get how this election is being defined by Donald Trump and therefore thought the third party campaign of Johnson and former Massachusetts Governor...
WikiLeaks: 10 Years of Pushing the Boundaries of Free Speech
“To me, freedom of speech is something that represents the very dignity of what a human being is… that’s what marks us off from the stones and stars.” These are words spoken by Mario Savio, the spokesperson for the Free Speech Movement in the 60’s. Decades later, the...
54 Killed in Iraq; I.E.D. Targets Militia
The Humanitarian Excuse for Intervention
While the mainstream media focuses on losers and winners in the race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, a largely unreported debate is going on over the future course of U.S. diplomacy. Its outcome will have a profound effect on how Washington projects power...
Shimon Peres, An Israeli Brand Without Substance
Former Israeli Prime Minister and President, Shimon Peres, was a very successful brand. He was presented to the world as stately, wise, a relentless advocate of peace, and a sane voice amidst a conflict deemed senseless and unending. Now that he is dead at 93,...
Sunni Fighters Killed in Airstrike; 39 Killed Across Iraq
What We Talk About When We Don’t Want To Talk About Nuclear War
Originally posted at TomDispatch. You may have missed it. Perhaps you dozed off. Or wandered into the kitchen to grab a snack. Or by that point in the proceedings were checking out Seinfeld reruns. During the latter part of the much hyped but excruciating-to-watch...


