“Americans have been told that their government is keeping them safe by preventing and prosecuting terrorism inside the US... But take a closer look and you realize that many of these people would never have committed a crime if not for law enforcement...
Paris Conference a Tired and Clichéd Failure
Matthew Duss is right. The Paris Peace Conference is different, and the fact that the United States’ stronghold of supposedly trying to resolve conflicts in the Middle East is being challenged, is a point worth noting. Yet, this is hardly important. “The multilateral...
Heavy Fighting Kills Dozens in Fallujah; 29 Others Killed in Iraq
What the FBI Was Doing Instead of Catching the Orlando Shooter
After the most recent mass shooting in Orlando, Florida – the worst in U.S. history – one might ask how the FBI was able to investigate the perpetrator, twice, without deciding to take any further action. This question is further confounded by the fact the...
The Candidates on Orlando: A Study in Contrasts
As reactions to the Orlando massacre pour in, every political faction is eager to impose its own narrative on the tragedy: if that seems vulgar, then politics is inherently vulgar, and there’s no way to prettify it. And since politics is about hate, blame, and...
Investigation of Reported Refugee Murders Continues; 203 Killed in Iraq
Given Orlando, Has the US Government Been Adequately Protecting the Public?
The mass shooting in Orlando, Florida at a gay nightclub, by a man pledging a seemingly last-minute allegiance to the ISIS terror group, leads to questions about whether the U.S. government has been adequately protecting its citizens. Going back in time, the U.S....
160 Killed in Iraq; Torture Arrests Made
Civilians Killed Fleeing Fallujah; 149 Killed Across Iraq
The Orlando Horror
Updated below. As I write this (it’s Sunday morning, 5:00 a.m. PST) the news is breaking that an Orlando gay nightclub has been attacked by a gun-wielding 29-year-old son of Afghan immigrants, Omar Mateen, who appeared to “’have leanings towards’ radical Islamist...


