Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Time to stop modernizing America’s nukes and to start negotiating peace

Building more atomic bomb triggers is the ‘pits.’

The two 500 lb. gorillas in the room

Who needs the super rich? I don’t. Do you?

Biden administration ignores 500 reports of civilian deaths in gaza linked to US weapons...

As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza escalates, calls for accountability and adherence to both U.S. and international law intensify.

Stumbling into war?

Could the U.S. and China face an unintended blowup in the Western Pacific in the Biden years?

US Senate unveils aid bill amidst criticism over support for Netanyahu’s military actions

The unfolding scenario brings to light the complexity of U.S. foreign aid and its ramifications on international relations and human rights.

US sent over 50,000 tons of weapons to Israel amid Gaza assault, fueling humanitarian...

This unprecedented level of military aid, averaging one shipment every 12 hours, has drawn sharp criticism from human rights organizations and international observers.

‘Escalation dominance’. . . and the prospect of more than 1,000 Holocausts

Daniel Ellsberg was shown a document calculating that a U.S. nuclear attack on communist countries would result in 600 million dead. As he put it later: “A hundred Holocausts.”

Should we feed hungry children, or the war machine?

On August 21, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, Lise Grande, put out a heartbreaking call for nations to make good on their pledges...

Killing civilians in Iraq and Syria

The Trump administration has shifted from extermination to annihilation in its war against the Islamic State.

My Pentagon regret

As the U.S. rattles its sabers at Tehran, echoes of sabers past.