==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Greek and Roman writers on war and peace Plutarch: Selections on war and peace ==== PlutarchStoic Self-ContradictionsTranslation by Harold Cherniss (Chrysippus wrote) the following in the third book on the Gods about Zeus the Saviour and Sire, the father of Right, of Order, and of Peace: “as … … Continue reading →
The problem is not the absence of a Palestinian state, but Zionism itself. What is the use of a Palestinian state, if Zionism, as a racist, exclusivist ideology continues to define Israel, and impose that definition on the Palestinians? This ideology calls for racial purity of Jews in Palestine, of course, at the expense of … Continue reading "‘Two-State Solution’ as a Distraction – The Problem Is Zionism"
There were probably many reasons why Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky fired Ukraine’s popular commander in chief of the armed forces, Valerii Zaluzhny, on February 8, but one of the biggest seems to have been a disagreement over how to go forward in a war that seemed to have overwhelmingly turned against them. Zelensky spoke of … Continue reading "Selecting Syrsky: The Untold Half of the Zaluzhny Story"
Since the horrific atrocities perpetrated by Hamas against Israeli civilians on October 7, 2023, Israel has been engaged in a devastating military operation in the Gaza Strip. Over 25,000 Palestinians have been killed, 70% of whom have been women and children, and tens of thousands injured. About 85% of Gaza’s 2.2 million inhabitants have been internally displaced with … Continue reading "The Israeli State’s Assault on Gaza Must Stop"
New York Post, February 22, 2024 Will student-debt racketeering save Biden in November? by James Bovard President Biden announced Tuesday he will personally cancel $1.2 billion in federal student debt for 153,000 borrowers. The Supreme Court ruled in June that Biden’s $500 billion student-debt-forgiveness scheme was an illegal abuse of power. But the White House […]
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts French writers on war and peace Henry de Montherlant: A constant state of crime against humanity ==== Henry de MontherlantThe GirlsTranslated by Terence Kilmartin I belong to the sacrificial generation, the girls whose chances of love were decimated by the war with its toll of men; … … Continue reading →
A recurring defect in US foreign policy is a refusal by elites to concede when they made a serious policy mistake. This is not a new problem, but it has grown decidedly worse in the past few decades. It characterized the intervention in Vietnam years after it should have become evident that Washington’s approach was … Continue reading "Refusing To Admit US Foreign Policy Blunders"
As we mark two full years since Russia invaded Ukraine, Ukrainian government forces have withdrawn from Avdiivka, a town they first captured from the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in July 2014. Situated only 10 miles from Donetsk city, Avdiivka gave Ukrainian government forces a base from which their artillery bombarded Donetsk for nearly ten … Continue reading "After Two Years of War in Ukraine, It’s Time for Peace"
from the BrianWilsonWrites substack summary: It’s the “Shooting Blanks and Bulleyes” episode of the Two and Only! Brian Wilson and James Bovard gallop with a rip-snortin’ chat fest about Chapter 3 and the 2nd Amendment from Jim’s new book. You can download or listen to the podcast by clicking here https://nfscd.buzzsprout.com/1991115/14549657 Jim Bovard is a […]
Trampling on a Symbol of Liberty by James Bovard Last August, 12-year-old Jaiden Rodriguez was kicked out of a public-school classroom in Colorado Springs after school officials decreed that the Gadsden flag patch on his backpack was “disruptive to the classroom environment.” Those Colorado officials didn’t know the meaning of “disruptive.” Thanks to savvy, thoughtful […]
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