Narrow victories in the Kentucky caucuses and the Louisiana primary, the largest states decided on Saturday, have moved Donald Trump one step nearer to the nomination. Primaries in Michigan, Mississippi and Idaho on March 8, and in Florida, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri...
Trump Will Make His Peace with the War Party
Many promoters of peace, while not necessarily supporting him, do hope that a Donald Trump presidency would curb or maybe even end the hyper-active militancy of the American empire. They see glimmers of promise in Trump’s foreign policy statements. For example, while...
92 Killed in Iraq as Baghdad Considers a Draft
Israel and American Politics: The Big Breakthrough
Let’s do a little experiment. Now I realize that what people most remember about the recent Republican presidential debates is the vulgarity, the inanity, and the name-calling, but there have been a few moments of lucidity when history has been made, precedents have...
Do We Need To ‘Rebuild the Military’?
The Republican presidential debates have become so heated and filled with insults, it almost seems we are watching a pro wrestling match. There is no civility, and I wonder whether the candidates are about to come to blows. But despite what appears to be total...
123 Killed in Iraq; Suicide Bomber Strikes in Hilla
Fighting at Border Post Continues; 67 Killed Across Iraq
Journalists Should Stand Up for Whistleblowers
The Obama administration’s ongoing crusade against government whistleblowers – which culminated last year in the imprisonment of former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling – has reignited a debate over the role journalists should play in defending their...
Syrian Border Post Recaptured; 146 Killed in Iraq
Hey, Bernie Sanders, Attack the Empire!
It’s a few days after the big vote and I’m doing my best to dig Tulsi Gabbard’s endorsement of Bernie Sanders out from beneath the pile of Super Tuesday numbers and media declarations of winners and losers. As a Boston Globe headline put it: “Clinton and Trump are now...


