Friday, July 24, 2026

On seeing America’s wars whole

Crudely put, the central question that goes not only unanswered, but unasked is this: What the hell is going on?

How the military-industrial complex gets away with murder in contract after contract

As the latest Pentagon budget shows, no matter the revelations, there will be no reckoning when it comes to this country’s endless wars or its military establishment.

Emperor Weather

for the moment, it seems, humanity still has the chance to write its own history in a fashion that would allow for a perhaps less welcoming but still reasonably palatable world for our children and grandchildren to live in. And be glad of that.

Here are the names of 23 Democrats that joined Republicans in cutting social spending...

The U.S. already spends more on military than the next seven countries – China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the U.K., India, France, and Japan – combined.

Is war in space indeed “inevitable?”

“The international public must speak out loudly and often if we wish to stop these dangerous and destabilizing Pentagon plans to rule the world via military space technology.”

Helsinki 2.0

The European security order has broken down. The conflict around Ukraine is a symptom of this larger problem.

Trump’s Iran war costs $1 billion a day while hospitals close and healthcare disappears

Critics warn the administration’s military campaign could fund food aid and healthcare for millions of Americans already struggling with rising prices.

Protests surge globally as Gaza death toll rises to unprecedented levels

Massive protests sweep the nation as global outrage over Gaza crisis reaches fever pitch.

Two-faced Trump: Peace in Korea, World War in the Middle East

Welcome to the impossible world of America’s two-faced president.

US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries – shrinking...

It does no good tinkering around the edges of the war machine’s environmental impact.