Will the world ever be free of the menace of nuclear annihilation? There was a promising start along these lines during the late twentieth century, when – pressed by a popular upsurge against nuclear weapons – the nations of the world adopted a succession of nuclear arms control and disarmament agreements.  Starting …

The “War on Terror” was built on a series of deceptions to persuade the Western public that its leaders were crushing Islamist extremism. In truth, they were nourishing it. The story: Did you believe it 30 years ago when they told you that the Oslo Accords would bring peace to the …

The ‘Vandenberg Coalition’ wants Trump to prioritize Israel and maintain Iran as enemy number one A leading neoconservative for most of the last half century has released a comprehensive series of recommendations on Middle East policy for the new Trump administration nearly all of which are ideas that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and …

In 2021, to his credit, President Joe Biden warned the American public against the dangers of zero-click spyware manufactured by an Israeli corporation. Zero-click is unwanted software that can expose the entire contents of one’s mobile or desktop device to prying eyes without tricking one into clicking on to a …

Trump’s protectionist policies threaten to radically unbalance the balance of payments and exchange rates throughout the world. They are preventing debtor countries from earning the dollars needed to pay their foreign debts. This makes a financial rupture inevitable. The 1940s saw a series of movies with Bing Crosby and Bob …

Foreign policy is not truly foreign; it remains a domestic issue, not some abstract concept that does not affect the average American’s everyday life. Voters do not realize this, but they need to. At the start of 2024, in an AP-NORC poll, only 4 out of 10 Americans mentioned a foreign policy …

Wrong way world. A consistent theme through my life has been to understand our world, to assemble a comprehensive picture the best I can, respecting the world’s boggling complexity and the limits of any one mind to grasp it all. What has long been clear to me is that our …

Aren’t we all so happy as chaos is upon us – planned chaos for confusion and destruction, and for those who see through it, evoking a smile? It is like a run for the end game that will never end and they will never reach. Chaos is exacerbated by unidentified …

The system cannot accommodate such growth, and even more, it’s not necessary to defend the country — unless Washington wants WWIII As a brand new Congress and administration settles in, the groundwork is being laid for a historic increase in military spending that could lead to catastrophic implications for the …

“As long as Citizens United remains the law of the land, our democracy will remain broken,” said one campaigner. As President Donald Trump triumphantly returned to the White House thanks in part to a tsunami of campaign cash from oligarchs and corporate interests, democracy defenders on Tuesday marked the 15th anniversary of the U.S. …