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‘Creating peace’ puts war in danger
by Robert C. Koehler 820 words “In the 21st century, the United States has spent almost $8 trillion on foreign wars, with nearly 5 million lives lost.” And we’re only a quarter of the way into the century. Are we aiming for 20 million dead civilians by 2100? Here’s a recent Truth Social post from…
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Grand Theft Big OIL
by Sidney Plotkin & Bill Scheuerman 968 words We were filling the tank (and emptying the wallet) when a guy in a pickup truck with a Trump sticker started complaining about the high price of gas. We told him the oil companies are making unholy profits but the price at the pump is just a…
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Let’s not make a deal
by Bruce Altschuler 961 words Many of those who voted for Donald Trump for President were attracted by his supposed dealmaking skills as advertised in the best-selling book, The Art of the Deal. In fact, his time as President has demonstrated that he is a terrible negotiator. Tony Schwartz, the ghostwriter of that book, wrote in the Washington Post in…