8 Aug, 2022
Why should war criminals operate with impunity?
The issue of alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine highlights the decades-long reluctance of today’s major military powers to support the International Criminal Court.
8 Aug, 2022
14 Jan, 2022
Untangling ourselves from the dark side
Guess what? I direct the following insight to, among others, the U.S. Congress, which annually and without comment, with only a few objectors, passes a trillion-dollar (and growing) military budget, by far the largest such budget on Planet Earth...
18 Nov, 2021
Finding Common Ground with China
“It seems clear to me we need to establish some common-sense guardrails,” President Biden told President Xi Jinping in their November 16 virtual summit. Xi reportedly replied to his “old friend”...
15 Sep, 2021
The US and Yemen: Putting a disreputable policy right
Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Houthis, bombing, UNICEF, Obama, Trump, Biden, starvation, MBS...
3 Sep, 2021
Immigration and National Identity
It's easy to say, "our immigration system is broken." Or to declare: "we are a nation of immigrants."...
16 Aug, 2021
“There is no military solution.” Time to get real about it.
“There is no military solution to the conflict.” That was the conclusion reached by the Biden administration earlier this year, which set into motion the plans for the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of August...
17 Jan, 2021
The Great Evasion
The Great Evasion by Lawrence S. Wittner 971 words Published in: Ground Zero for Nonviolent Action, LA Progressive, Reader Supported...
9 Apr, 2020
COVID-19 is Manufactured Chaos
“In late December of last year, the Chinese announced an epidemic in Wuhan. The autocratic Chinese government should have made...
2 Apr, 2020
The April Foolish Fake Leader
“It is said by those who study and teach leadership that one of the primary attributes of the best leaders...
12 Mar, 2020
American unexceptionalism & COVID-19
“During the SARS-1 epidemic scare in 2002-4, America invaded Iraq. If you followed science, you would know that SARS-1, was...
8 Oct, 2018
What’s Happened to the Big Wage Increases Promised by Republicans?
“The recent announcement by the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, that his company would give substantial raises to its lowest-paid...
17 Jun, 2017
Disengaging with Cuba
“President Obama’s engagement with Cuba was one of his administration’s success stories. The policy shift was based on the entirely...
10 Mar, 2017
President Donald Trump Should Make a Deal with North Korea
“President Donald Trump likes to be known for his deal-making, and now he has the opportunity to make deals that...
8 Mar, 2017
The moment of the fool
“Obama . . . Trump. Could there be a bigger contrast — in attitude, style, comportment, philosophy? What irony that…”...
2 Aug, 2016
After Hiroshima and Nagasaki
“On August 6 each year, the world commemorates the dawn of the atomic age by remembering the obliteration of Hiroshima....