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The Haunting of Christ in the Holy Land
The Israel-Palestine vortex of human suffering that has flooded eyes on social media over the last weeks has been stupefying. As a result, many people have been rendered numb to the human empathy evoked with each new report of grisly murders of innocent lives, from grandmothers to toddlers and babies. In the midst of the … Continue reading "The Haunting of Christ in the Holy Land"
Israel’s Military Is Part of the US War Machine
The governments of Israel and the United States are now in disagreement over how many Palestinian civilians it’s okay to kill. Last week – as the death toll from massive Israeli bombardment of Gaza neared 10,000 people, including several thousand children – top U.S. officials began to worry about the rising horrified outcry at home and … Continue reading "Israel’s Military Is Part of the US War Machine"
US Foreign Policy Has Come Full Circle
Surveying the wreckage US foreign policy has wrought from the privileged and comfortable vantage point of Washington, DC, should prompt the surveyor to wonder when exactly did things go so wrong? Any reasonable list of dates might include April 12, 1945 as the point at which the US began its decades long journey away from reality and onto … Continue reading "US Foreign Policy Has Come Full Circle"
Mann’s “Dirty Laundry”
As the date approached for the Mann-Steyn/Simberg libel trial, I’ve been reviewing my files on MBH98 and MBH99. It’s about 15 years since I last looked at these issues. While revisiting these issues, I re-examined some data associated with the notorious “dirty laundry” Climategate email (link) – excerpt shown at right – that turns out […]
Robert Nathan: Harder to make peace than to make war
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts American writers on peace and against war ==== Robert NathanThe Puppet Master Seated on a bench in the Park, under a tree whose early leaves kept turning from green to silver in the wind, Papa Jonas remarked to his companion, the Reverend Doctor Twine. “The nations […]
Don’t Worry, It’s Not Foreign Aid… It’s Corporate Welfare!
Faced with growing American frustration over more than $100 billion spent on a failed proxy war in Ukraine, President Biden’s handlers have hit on a gimmick to convince us that this foreign aid is actually an investment in our own economy! In his recent television address, Biden explained that as we transfer more weapons to … Continue reading "Don’t Worry, It’s Not Foreign Aid… It’s Corporate Welfare!"
America’s War Economy and the Urgent Call for Peace in the Middle East
On September 19, 2001, eight days after 9/11, as the leaders of both parties were already pounding a frenzied drumbeat of war, a diverse group of concerned Americans released a warning about the long-term consequences of a military response. Among them were veteran civil rights activists, faith leaders, and public intellectuals, including Rosa Parks, Harry … Continue reading "America’s War Economy and the Urgent Call for Peace in the Middle East"
Ukraine Has Lost the War
Ukraine has lost the war. That is not fake news from social media. It is not propaganda from Russian media. It is what follows deductively from statements made by the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces, General Valery Zaluzhny, in a November 1 interview with The Economist. In that interview, Zaluzhny assesses that “we have … Continue reading "Ukraine Has Lost the War"
Iraq Weekly Roundup: Six Killed
At least six people were killed, and four more were wounded in recent violence. The US military updated its October figures: The U.S. military released updated figures regarding U.S. soldiers injured in October attacks. Previously, only four soldiers had been reported injured at al-Tanf base in western Iraq. In the latest release, at least 16 … Continue reading "Iraq Weekly Roundup: Six Killed"
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