13 Jul, 2026
Chekhov, the military budget, and endless wars
by Bruce Altschuler 696 words After the 2024 election, the White House website described what it called Donald Trump’s “mandate,”...
13 Jul, 2026
12 Jul, 2026
On the American Myth: Thanks, James Baldwin
by Kary Love 777 words Reading James Baldwin’s 1964 weighty but buoyant tome, “Nothing Personal,” struck like lightning as he...
8 Jul, 2026
Facing war’s moral consequences
by Robert C. Koehler 935 words When is the last time the U.S. government, or a fragment thereof, has truly...
7 Jul, 2026
The real American Revolution
by Tom H. Hastings 515 words As someone who studies and tries to practice nonviolence, it is frankly tiresome to...
6 Jul, 2026
What Happens When the Dream Explodes?
by Sidney Plotkin & Bill Scheuerman 939 words “The American Dream is Back,” President Trump boasted during his July 4,...
4 Jul, 2026
Out of Control
by Mel Gurtov 898 words Mentally Unstable Ordinarily, July 4 would be a time to celebrate the virtues of America....
3 Jul, 2026
Keeping the promise to the world
by Justin Haner 793 words Thunderous applause echoed through the San Francisco Opera House on June 26th, 1945, as diplomats...
2 Jul, 2026
From Independence to Interdependence
by Lawrence S. Wittner 977 words As Americans and people of other former colonies recognize, there’s a great deal to...
1 Jul, 2026
What history teaches about justice after war
by George Cassidy Payne 969 words “How do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time...
30 Jun, 2026
AI agents should be good citizens, obey our laws, and follow our Constitution
by Bob Topper 1144 words With artificial intelligence, we are entering an era where information that is owned by the...
28 Jun, 2026
Unchecked billionaire oligarchs are undermining American democracy, not “godless communists”
by Jared O. Bell 1256 words Not long after the second Trump administration took office, a new power center emerged...
27 Jun, 2026
The Missing Art of the Deal with Iran
by Mel Gurtov 839 words Understanding the MOU Most of the critical commentary on the Trump administration’s memorandum of understanding...
26 Jun, 2026
If war dead could speak
by Jerry Tetalman 1054 words If those killed in war could speak, this is what I imagine they would say. They...
25 Jun, 2026
Trumptown—a planetary Jonestown
by Tom H. Hastings 491 words In 1978 in Guyana some 918 people—one-third of them children—were poisoned or shot dead in...
24 Jun, 2026
A lesson not learned
by Bruce Altschuler 880 words It is often said that generals are ready to fight the last war. In other...