Americans were shocked to witness the assault on the capitol building on January 6, the day Congress was scheduled to ratify the presidential election. Washington DC and the nation’s state capitals remained on high alert through the inauguration as right wing groups promised more violent attacks. It’s easy to trace the proximate cause of this […]
Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful. Hence one must choose a master, God being out of style. – Albert Camus, The Fall, 1956 Propagandists are smart people. They begin their devious machinations with the premise that people need to believe in […]
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Edward Curtin “Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful. Hence one must choose a master, God being out of style.” Albert Camus, The Fall Propagandists are smart people. They begin their devious machinations with the premise that people need to believe in something rather …
Matthew Ehret Martin Luther King Jr. day has been celebrated every January 18 since it was a made a national holiday through the tireless efforts of Martin’s widow Coretta in 1983. While many people take the opportunity to treat Martin’s life as a pre-packaged hallmark card of cliché speeches, far too few take the time …
The US Congress has voted on impeachment articles against President Donald Trump. Again. This time for “incitement of violence”, although neither the incitement, nor the violence, really appear to have actually happened. The “violence” (such as it was) refers to the “riot” on Capitol Hill on January 6th. Violence which the police readily and deliberately …
Credit: Columbia World Projects Even before President-Elect Joe Biden sets foot in the White House, the Senate Intelligence Committee may start hearings on his nomination of Avril Haines as Director of National Intelligence. Barack Obama’s top lawyer on the National Security Council from 2010 to 2013 followed by CIA Deputy Director from 2013 to 2015, […]
The admirers of President Trump are deceived — no less deceived than the admirers of Obama had been. Trump promised to “drain the swamp” and did none of that.
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has run a fascinating long report this week offering a disturbing snapshot of the political climate rapidly emerging across Europe on the issue of antisemitism.
(Photo Credit: CODEPINK) Joe Biden will take command of the White House at a time when the American public is more concerned about battling coronavirus than fighting overseas wars. But America’s wars rage on regardless, and the militarized counterterrorism policy Biden has supported in the past—based on airstrikes, special operations and the use of proxy […]
