Monday, July 14, 2025

Mapping the American War on Terror

All told, it should be clear that another kind of grand plan is needed to deal with the threat of terrorism both globally and to Americans – one that relies on a far smaller U.S. military footprint and costs far less blood and treasure.

Biden shows true colors proposing bigger war department budget than Trump

It's time to SLASH Pentagon spending not increase it!

Is a Chinese invasion of Taiwan imminent?

Could Washington be in a Tizzy over nothing?

The U.S. Military Suffers from Affluenza

An institutional report card with so many deficits and failures, a record of deportment that has led to death and mayhem, should not be ignored. The military must be called to account.

Kabul bomb blast kills at least 90 people. We need to know their names

We may never know who is to blame, nor, sadly, are we likely to learn the names and the life stories of the victims.

A sliver of hope in the Syrian cease-fire

The American military may enjoy the blank check given to them by the Trump Administration, but they may come to regret it when he shifts all of the blame onto their shoulders the moment something goes wrong. 

Spilling ink and spilling blood

Fighting and writing against America’s forever wars...

The hidden costs of “national security”

Ten ways your tax dollars pay for war – past, present, and future.

The war to end war 100 years on: An evaluation and reorientation of our...

Ending war is not impossible. Far from it, in fact. But it is going to take a phenomenal amount of intelligent strategic effort, courage and commitment.

Trickle down, wealth tax, and war

The central advantage to a wealth tax is that it spreads the power to spend wealth throughout the society and thereby can better the society if done in an appropriate way.