South Asia’s nuclear-armed neighbors pull back from the abyss
The international community can only hope that the carnage and chaos of February was the last in a tragic series of encounters between nuclear neighbors that could otherwise lead South Asia to devastation and the world to nuclear winter.
ICJ rejects Israeli claims about UNRWA and orders more aid to Gaza
The International Court of Justice rules that Israel must cooperate with the UN to deliver “essential supplies of daily life,” rejecting infiltration allegations amid worsening famine conditions.
‘A day of infamy’ part 2
Will my fellow citizens who love this country as I do finally wake up and demand we pull back this empire. before it destroys all the world?
Can U.S. progressives stop a war with Iran?
Over the last few weeks there’s been yet another surge in tensions in the Middle East, with the Islamic Republic of Iran...
Will the generals follow the mad king’s command?
Trump is the mad king. And he is dangerous.
Veterans Daze
For purposes other than the usual ones of humanitarian or defensive reasons, they ship our young men and women thousands of miles away to kill and be killed.
Moving on from the War on Terror?
Checking in after six months...
Israeli bombing of Gaza girls’ school kills 30, injures over 100
Attack on Khadija School highlights escalating violence and humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Why Trump is so wrong on Iran
The stain left by Trump on our reputation will carry costs to us and our children that we cannot begin to imagine.
Avoiding Armageddon in Korea
Here’s a prerequisite for avoiding war in Korea: stop believing in the North’s denuclearization, attractive and desirable as it might be (if achieved through diplomacy).