Rethinking “The Common Defense”
It is good at times to conduct a reality check on what this country supposedly stands for, and what it actually does.
It is good at times to conduct a reality check on what this country supposedly stands for, and what it actually does.
The tragic, illegal war of aggression by Russia against Ukraine should end now, with a ceasefire and then a comprehensive peace agreement.
On Monday, the Pentagon announced the US will soon begin training the Ukrainian military in using howitzer artillery in an unnamed country. Presumably this will be in a NATO member state. If Russian intelligence found out where, might it attack to stop the howitzers from being deployed against Russian forces in Ukraine?
We have grown numb to the world resting on a razor’s edge of destruction. Climate catastrophe, pandemics, cyberwar and endless wars seem “normal” by now...
President Joe Biden deserves credit for successfully re-engaging in international diplomacy.
“”Social distancing” (or maybe more properly “appropriate physical spacing”) is something people everywhere need to practice in the near term...
“On September 12, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo officially certified Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates “…are undertaking demonstrable...
“John Bolton and Mike Pence must have known what they were doing. President Trump’s national security adviser and Vice President...
“The developments regarding Korea this week are astonishing. We may be witnessing a breathtaking outbreak of peace, when not very...
“Poor Rex Tillerson. Secretary of State must have sounded like an awesome job to the former Chairman and CEO of...
“As the U.S., the Korean Peninsula, and the world stare down the barrel of what would be a devastating war...
“With North Korea’s alarming escalation of its nuclear weapons and missile programs, humanity faces our most dire nuclear situation since...
“While we don’t know how much President Donald Trump paid in taxes this year, or even if he paid any...
“Fifty years ago this April 4, a year to the day before he was murdered, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther...
“President Trump, the tweeter-in-chief, famously used that platform to announce, “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear…”...