1 Jun, 2018
The American Way of War: Evolution Stops Here
“America does what it wants. This is obvious, except it’s also monstrously unnerving. Let’s at least add some quote marks:...
25 May, 2018
The War Tree
“Picture War, with a capital W, as a giant tree. The branches are the individual wars, some great like WWII...
15 May, 2018
Imagining Alternatives to More War in Syria
“Last month we read of yet another missile attack on Syria paid for by U.S., British, and French taxpayers as...
27 Nov, 2017
Drowning love in our gene pool (Another modest proposal)
“uman history is a history of war. From the killing between tribes living in caves or huts to modern armies...
18 Oct, 2017
A country, and a future, worth serving
“America’s endless war quietly moves across the broken nations of the world. Every so often, U.S. soldiers die, as four...
31 Jul, 2017
Dancing with fear
“I knew there was a war on against cancer and, oh yeah, drugs, illiteracy, poverty, crime and, of course, terror,...
7 Jul, 2017
This is the state of war in the United States in July 2017
“The US bombing campaign in Iraq and Syria is now the heaviest since the bombing of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos...
26 Jun, 2017
Let’s Look at the Big Issues We Face
“Like many wonderful places in the US, we live in a bubble here in Taos, New Mexico, one in which...
11 Jun, 2017
National Illusions and Global Realities
“For as long as they have existed, nations have clung to the illusion that their military strength guarantees their security…”...
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...
13 Apr, 2017
The mental limits of war
“A Morning Consult poll winks at me from my inbox: 57 percent of Americans support more airstrikes in Syria…” Robert...
30 Mar, 2017
How many civilians can we kill?
“And so . . . another “precision” bomb strike in America’s war against terror. This was the scene in Mosul...
23 Mar, 2017
The mosque that disappeared
“We committed a quiet little war crime the other day. Forty-plus people are dead, taken out with Hellfire missiles while...
21 Dec, 2016
Pledging Allegiance
“I pledge allegiance to . . . what? The Electoral College, to no one’s serious surprise, voted Donald Trump in...