Friday, December 26, 2025

Airstrike that Killed 52 Civilians Raises Questions About Obama’s Approach to Islamic State

While some of the “radicalism” in the Middle East is just anti-imperialism, something Washington interventionists are unable to understand, the Obama administration’s approach is to fight Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) in Syria. Yet does the bombing of the civilians helps Daesh propaganda?

Terrorizing the vulnerable

“We only want to live in peace, work, have a home, be a family.”

America last

Will Trump set a record for the history books?

The partisan use of preemption is surging

Far from advancing any big public goals, preemption is now being used to advance corporate agendas.

Be afraid … be very afraid!

An attack on either Russia or China could very well go nuclear, in which case there will be no winners. There will be no one around period to plant flags or declare victory.

What’s the matter with America?

To impeach or not to impeach.

Why Closing the Digital Divide Will Strengthen America and Help US Workers

With huge disparities in internet access across America, building out the information superhighway will be as essential as modernizing roads and bridges as the nation strives to rebound from the pandemic, grow a more powerful economy and forge a brighter future for all.

Obama Should Heed Hiroshima’s Survivors

Obama will be the first sitting president to visit Hiroshima, Japan.

The Greatest Show on Earth

How Billions of Words, Tweets, Insults, and Polls Blot Out Reality in Campaign 2016

Greasing the Outstretched Palms of the Candidates

Two reports underline the suffocating influence of corporate America on politics and the tricks banks play on taxpayers.