“These first few months [have resulted] in the Trump administration’s cuts to scientific and medical research, clampdown on any efforts promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), newly aggressive policies for […]
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The Other Theocracy Threatening the United States: Far Right Fundamentalists weigh down the GOP
By James A. Haught (Daylight Atheism) – Every schoolchild knows that the Ancient Mariner was forced to wear a dead albatross around his neck. I […]
The Miseries of being a Hyper-Power: How America Squandered its Cold War Victory
(Tomdispatch.com – Thirty years ago this month, President George H.W. Bush appeared before a joint session of Congress to deliver his first State of the […]
Millions Come into Streets for Slain Gen. Soleimani in Biggest Rallies in Iran’s History (And no, They weren’t Coerced)
Trump and Pompeo have managed to Shore up the Iranian Regime
In Iran showdown, conflict could explode quickly – and disastrously
By Bear F. Braumoeller | Despite the claims of optimists, the odds that an international conflict will snowball into a bloody war haven’t gone down […]
The Real Winners of Iran Conflict: Threat of War Inflates Stock Holdings of Military Contractor CEOs
By Sarah Anderson | – (Inequality.org) – As long as the top executives of our privatized war economy can reap unlimited rewards, the profit motive […]
Violence against Jews a sign of increasing hate in the U.S.
(The Baltimore Sun) – What could cause such hate in a person that would drive them to kill and injure innocent members of a minority […]
Iraqi Parliament Resolves to Kick Out US Troops, and Trump Threatens Mother of All Sanctions
Some Iraqi Leaders suggest Replacing the US with Russia or China
Iran is not Going Away, and Trump’s only hope of Success is not War but a Deal
Eau Clare, Wi. (Special to Informed Comment) – Much has been speculated and written about the possibility, trajectory, and the likely consequences of a war […]
Trump threatens Armageddon on yet Another Country: Crimes against Humanity in Afghanistan
(Tomdispatch.com) – On February 4, 2002, a Predator drone circled over Afghanistan’s Paktia province, near the city of Khost. Below was al-Qaeda’s founder Osama bin […]