29 Nov, 2021
The US and Yemen: Putting a Disreputable Policy Right
In Yemen, Saudi Arabian and Iranian interests collide, a civil war involving multiple parties has devastated the country, important issues of international law...
29 Nov, 2021
15 Sep, 2021
The US and Yemen: Putting a disreputable policy right
Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Houthis, bombing, UNICEF, Obama, Trump, Biden, starvation, MBS...
8 Dec, 2019
Envisioning a united world
“Let’s bomb Iowa! Or maybe Texas or Michigan or Nebraska . . . Oh wait, I got confused for a...
18 Sep, 2019
No war for Saudi oil!
“Even if US intelligence decisively shows that some of the drones and cruise missiles used in the attack on Saudi...
27 Mar, 2019
Every War Is a War Against Children
“We, in the United States, have yet to realize both the futility and immense consequences of war even as we...
19 Dec, 2018
Yemen: our future?
“Socially sanctioned killing is called war. The word “war” may be the most powerful word in human history, because it...
23 Oct, 2018
Why do only some lives matter?
“What would it take for everyone’s life to matter as much as Jamal Khashoggi’s? I ask this question over at...
12 Sep, 2018
U.S. support for the bombing of Yemen to continue, for now
“On September 12, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo officially certified Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates “…are undertaking demonstrable...
25 Jul, 2018
A world designed by playground bullies
“As the week’s news slaps against my consciousness like road slush, some fragments sting more than others. For instance:…” Robert...
22 May, 2018
Scourging Yemen
“On May 10, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia informed the UN Security Council and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres 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...
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...
31 Jan, 2018
A Treacherous Crossing
“On January 23rd an overcrowded smuggling boat capsized off the coast of Aden in Southern Yemen. Smugglers packed 152 passengers...
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...
21 Jul, 2017
At Every Door
“On July 18, 2017, at a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing focused on “The Four Famines: Root Causes and...