Saturday, April 20, 2024

The age of anger

As we sleepwalk into the future, the steady deterioration of the ecosystem will ultimately lead to total systems collapse.

Our Jihadis and Theirs

The “greatest threat” to Americans isn't the brutal jihadist movement happening thousands of miles away, it's armed life in this country. Tom Engelhardt discusses the real dangers of American life.

Afghan troops say Taliban are brothers and war is ‘not really our fight.’

Afghan troops whose lives hang in the balance in the latest peace talks.

Yes to Assertive, No to Aggressive

“We are humans—we have great big brains that are hard-wired for all possible responses, from violent to nonviolent, which makes us the unique species neurologically capable of infinite, illimitable choice. Let’s be wise about it.”

We can end the US war on Syria

The people were right, and the military was wrong. The war on Syria never should have happened and now must end.

Syrian war for dummies – Three versions

Three versions of the conflict are presented here and the reader can choose the one that makes the most sense.

Is there a journalism that doesn’t love a war?

It makes me wonder whether the media requires at least one war to cheer lead for or fret about at any given time.

Why the Islamic State Is the Minor Leagues of Terror

Is it time to panic? Let's put terror threats into perspective for 2016.

Senate Democrats, with few exceptions, are a gang of warmongers

Where’s the 'democratic socialist' challenge to militarism?

Destabilizing the Middle East (yet more)

The Saudi Regime is playing Donald Trump with potentially disastrous consequences.