The Air Force’s strange love for the new B-21 bomber
Will the the Air Force and its flyboy generals win the fight for the B-21 and take the American taxpayer along for the ride?
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.
Today’s Top Seven Myths About Islamic State
While ISIS continues to haunt the nightmares of Western journalists and security analysts, Juan Cole points out some assertions about the "Islamic State" that are truly exaggerated and completely incorrect.
Knee-jerk Nullification: Impeachment Lite
There is far more self-evident misconduct to censure 47 GOP senators than even this regressive House would dare place at Obama's door. Like patriotism for Mark Twain, this cowardly war of party nullification is the last refuse of scoundrels.
End the war in Ukraine
No diplomatic solution is possible without serious pressure on Putin.
Castle Black, the Syrian withdrawal, and the Battle of the Bases
Given Washington’s penchant for Middle Eastern military missions, the likelihood of yet more U.S. bases across the region and talk of several Game of Thrones prequels still to come.
Hurricane Mathew vs. Shock and Awe of Empire
On Friday, October 7th, 2016 we were awaiting the hurricane named Mathew that was fast approaching Daytona Beach Florida. My wife and...
Trump’s nuclear dreams
Nightmares past and present.
If It’s Going to Push Us to War, Is It Time for AIPAC to...
On whose behalf is AIPAC intervening in American domestic politics? Juan Cole discusses the only logical possibility, which is that AIPAC is acting on behalf of the Likud government of Israel.
U.S.-led coalition admission of 1,300 civilian deaths in Iraq and Syria
"The Coalition has so far failed to carry out investigations on the ground or provide reasons for the civilian casualties."