6 Apr, 2018
The Shameful Exploitation of Martin Luther King Jr.
“At 12:17 p.m. on April 4th Congressman Barry Loudermilk posted, “‘Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that....
21 Mar, 2018
A Blank Check for Repression? A Saudi Leader Visits Washington
“It’s a classic narrative: the foreign dignitary of a US ally visits Washington, the Pentagon and State Department are intent...
12 Mar, 2018
Trump’s Attacks Earth, Resistance and Innovation
“In 1992, 1700 scientists from around the world signed a “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity…” Mel Gurtov Published in: Counterpunch,...
11 Mar, 2018
Although Two Out of Three Americans Oppose Increasing U.S. Military Spending, the U.S. Government Is Boosting It to Record Levels
“Early this February, the Republican-controlled Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed…” Lawrence Wittner Published in: Counterpunch, Daily Kos, War...
10 Mar, 2018
Trump Can Help Bring Peace to Korea, by Following South Korea’s Lead
“The developments regarding Korea this week are astonishing. We may be witnessing a breathtaking outbreak of peace, when not very...
10 Mar, 2018
The Rashomon Effect in a Trump-Kim Summit
“A film made some 68 years ago, Rashomon, featured a murder described by four eyewitnesses in four mutually contradictory ways....
9 Mar, 2018
Defying the Hawks on the Way to a Trump-Kim Summit
“Donald Trump’s extraordinary decision to meet with Kim Jong-un has taken all the policy hawks by surprise—and led them to...
2 Mar, 2018
Trump Cannot Find Target or Solutions to Gun Violence
“In marksmanship and long-range shooting, “finding target” references the challenges of making adjustments for many factors.” Wim Laven Published in:...
21 Feb, 2018
Maybe All Threats of Mass Destruction are “Mentally Deranged”
“After Trump’s Sept. 23 bombast at the United Nations where he claimed the US might “have no choice but to...
19 Feb, 2018
Is There a Trump-Russia Conspiracy?
“Now that Russia’s interference in US politics since at least 2014 is “official” with Robert Mueller’s indictments—the evidence is “incontrovertible,”...
18 Feb, 2018
The Trump Administration’s War on Workers
“When Donald Trump was running for the presidency, he promised that, if he was elected, “American worker[s] will finally have...
6 Feb, 2018
Trumped up treason
““Somebody said ‘treasonous.’ I mean — yeah I guess, why not. Can we call that treason? Why not. I mean,...
2 Feb, 2018
Donald, Donald, Donald, we told you a million times not to exaggerate
“I am reaching back, searching my memory for another speech so rife with shallow, meaningless platitudes…” Tom H. Hastings Published...
1 Feb, 2018
The Middle East Peace Process: A Cruel Joke
“Three brief reports on January 25 concerning Israel-Palestine-US relations sum up the new situation created by Donald Trump’s decision to...
1 Feb, 2018
Yemen’s crisis belong to all of us
“What’s a little cholera — excuse me, the worst outbreak of this preventable disease in modern history — compared to...