3 May, 2017
Syria’s Guilt
“On April 4 chemical weapons were used in an attack on the Syrian city of Khan Sheikhoun in which about...
2 May, 2017
Resisting the Politics of Fear
“Some time ago I attended a “know your rights” workshop sponsored by an immigration rights organization near my home in...
2 May, 2017
Trump kleptocracy
“The Trump budget—pure profit for Pentagon corporate contractors. The Trump tax “reform”—massive tax cuts for the rich. Really? We are...
29 Apr, 2017
“Wherever it rains in the United States”
“Commercial media recollections of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe almost always minimize its global impact. A New York Times editorial last...
28 Apr, 2017
The Shame of Killing Innocent People
“On April 26th, 2017, in Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah, the Saudi-led coalition which has been waging war in Yemen...
28 Apr, 2017
Blind Slogans and Shallow Greatness
“The airplane is packed shoulder to shoulder. In my row, sat a young couple from Texas. She is wearing a...
27 Apr, 2017
A public plan for peace
“The American will to wage war — endless war, pointless war, total war — is, I fear, impervious to public...
26 Apr, 2017
No Exit? The NY Times and North Korea
“Three opinion pieces on US policy toward North Korea have appeared in the New York Times in the past week…”...
22 Apr, 2017
Mobilizing progressive resistance
“The progressive vision for America — to make life better for all families, not just the privileged elite at the...
22 Apr, 2017
Happy Earth Day
“It was 21 years ago today I awoke in the middle of the night, got my co-actor up, then roused...
21 Apr, 2017
Why Is There So Little Popular Protest Against Today’s Threats of Nuclear War?
“In recent weeks, the people of the world have been treated to yet another display of the kind of nuclear...
21 Apr, 2017
We just paid our taxes — are they making the U.S. and the world safer?
“While we don’t know how much President Donald Trump paid in taxes this year, or even if he paid any...
21 Apr, 2017
Beyond redemptive violence
“Sometimes our tame and compliant media upchucks a piece of truth. For instance: “American officials had predicted that the missile…”...
20 Apr, 2017
Don’t get distracted by a carrier group wandering around Southeast Asia. Get real about preventing war.
“During further escalation of tensions between the United States and North Korea, pundits and other experts are trying to figure...
19 Apr, 2017
The Shape-Shifter
“People in the media are having difficulty in figuring out where Donald Trump’s administration stands on foreign policy issues…” Mel...