In the 19th Century, the Victorian historian Thomas Carlyle coined the phrase “dismal science” for the field of economics. With the help of new
Category: Foreign Policy
Republicans’ letter to Iran: Indefensible
Are there no Republican leaders with a sense of decency anymore? Any of them who respect the office of the President, even if they
Washington’s Putin-did-it conspiracy theory and its escalation of the crisis in Ukraine
I am frightened, saddened and angered by the war propaganda published in the US media, particularly the New York Times, the so-called “paper of
Ukrainians refusing to fight in U.S. proxy war with Russia
In case you haven’t noticed, U.S. mainstream media has been spewing out anti-Russian, anti-Putin propaganda since the U.S. backed coup in Kiev last year.
America’s role in spawning terror
I suspect that most Americans don’t realize how much we are responsible for the acts of terror being committed in European countries. I know
2014, the year I cut my cable and cancelled the NYT
For me, 2014 was a year of profound revelation. It’s the year I came to fully understand the depth of the corruption of the United
Russell Brand analyzes Obama’s ISIS/ISIL war speech
When I watched Obama’s first speech on his plans to go after ISIS (now ISIL), I felt physically ill. As I watched his strange
Council on Foreign Relations: West is responsible for Ukraine crisis
Given the ongoing, ludicrous, and mostly fictional coverage of Ukraine in the American media that relentlessly depicts Vladimir Putin as an evil, crazed, aggressive,
At long last, U.S. says it will sign the Land Mine Treaty
In 1918, shortly after the end of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson proposed the founding of an international organization dedicated to fostering cooperation
ISIS: A tragedy, but also an opportunity
By now, the world has heard about the so-called caliphate set up around Mosul in Iraq by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria