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Do More Guns Really Mean More Safety? Ask Australia
Australia’s experience with guns proves that America’s problems with guns are not natural, nor are these problems simply the price we must pay for freedom. → Read More
June Wasn’t All Wins For Left-Wing Culture Warriors
Why has the left been so successful on the cultural front of late, but seemingly unable to stop the juggernaut of global capitalism in any meaningful way? Follow the money, or at least, the divisions in the sources of that money. → Read More
100th Anniversary Of Armenian Genocide Reflects A Politically Inconvenient Reality
The recent passing of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide is a reminder that not all tragedies are counted the same, and that politics, both at home and abroad, can color our interpretation of history. → Read More
Indiana’s ‘Religious Freedom’ Law Is Antithetical To American Values
New “religious freedom” laws are a last-ditch effort to fend off threats to traditional conservatism, which has been continuously upended for 50 years. Yet they’re bound to make these socio-cultural backwaters even less appealing places to live, work and invest. → Read More
Herrenvolk Israel: Netanyahu And The Decline Of Israeli Liberalism
What America wants to see in Israel is a plucky little liberal democracy bravely standing up for its persecuted people. Instead, it’s a right-wing bully -- bigoted, arrogant, aggressive, self-righteous, militant and ultimately very dangerous. → Read More
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back Since Selma And Vietnam
It’s been 50 years since the march on Selma and U.S. Marines landing in South Vietnam. Yet little has changed, as domestic issues take a backseat to American-led wars being fought farther and farther from our shores. → Read More
Why Isn't Anyone Talking About Israel's Nukes?
Netanyahu wants to talk about Iran’s nuclear ambitions, but why isn’t anybody talking about Israel’s not-so-secret arsenal? → Read More
Israel, Iran and the Bomb: A Love Story
Netanyahu wants to talk about Iran’s nuclear ambitions, but why isn’t anybody talking about Israel’s not-so-secret arsenal? → Read More
Why Isn’t Anyone Talking About Israel’s Nukes?
Netanyahu wants to talk about Iran’s nuclear ambitions, but why isn’t anybody talking about Israel’s not-so-secret arsenal? → Read More
India’s Tilt Toward America And Israel
While China continues to flex its growing military muscle in Asia, India’s cultivating allies and building up its military kit in a way that poses a serious threat to Chinese power in the region that few others there can match. → Read More
When Christian Slaughtered Christian: The Horror Of Holy War
Only someone without any clue about the horrors of the history of Christian religious wars would call on Obama now to accept and use the language of Holy War. Yet, as study after study shows, nuance isn’t the right wing’s strong suit. → Read More
America’s Need For Hero Kings
Pliant, weak tyrants like Jordan’s King Abdullah II are the mask -- poorly fitting though it happens to be -- that keeps the charade going that the U.S. is, in fact, the good guy. → Read More
Saudi Arabia: Between Iraq And A Hard Place
An inflexible, oil-rich state run by an elderly, out-of-touch elite in cahoots with kleptocratic, self-dealing vested interests, how long does Saudi Arabia have to wait for a true reformer? And what’s going to happen in the meantime? → Read More
“American Sniper”: Clint Eastwood’s American Horror Story
In Clint Eastwood’s latest war flick, Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper in U.S. military history, is told by his father that there are three kinds of people: wolves, sheep, and sheepdogs. Yet whether Kyle is a wolf or a sheepdog depends on the viewer. → Read More
A Huckabee Presidential Bid? Stay Tuned
The unchurched, agnostics and atheists now outnumber Bible thumpers like Mike Huckabee and the voters who support him. With this trend set to continue well into the future, it’s no wonder the Fox huckster is rushing to explore the campaign trail. → Read More
Erik Prince: America’s Harbinger Of Death, And Democracy?
The Blackwater founder’s movements can be read like tea leaves: Wherever he goes, tragedy and death surely follow, trailed by tens of millions of dollars. → Read More
The Southern Democrat Will Rise Again
The South today is not what it was, and the South of tomorrow will not be what it is today, so don’t count the Southern Democrat out just yet. → Read More
Like Eric Garner, We Are All Caught In A System Designed To Fail Us
Like the cop who choked out Eric Garner, our corrupt, unjust and unbalanced system is crushing the life out of the economy for everyday working people, who are increasingly falling behind and becoming ever more insecure as time goes on. → Read More
Tracing America’s Legacy Of War From Atlanta To Aleppo
Union Army Maj. Gen. Sherman understood the full extent of the cruelty, atrocities and death that are required to “win.” Looking now toward the Middle East, it’s important to consider to what extent we’re willing to take our actions to succeed. → Read More
The GOP Shows What Fear And Loathing Can Do In An Election Cycle
With Dems largely unlikely to turn out for non-presidential elections, the GOP was able to use a manipulative strategy of fearmongering and playing on people’s ignorance to get its voter base to the polls, eager to “take this country back.” → Read More