Saturday, October 31, 2026

‘Unprecedented:’ UN finds US-backed forces killed more Afghan civilians than Taliban and ISIS did...

"It's not just my family, there are dozens of families just like mine who have been lost in bombings. The people have no power... We are the ones who are dying."

The riptide of American militarism

Lessons from the natural world on Washington’s unnatural wars.

War in Ukraine and ICBMs: The untold story of how they could blow up...

With sky-high tensions between the world’s two nuclear superpowers, the chances of ICBMs starting a nuclear conflagration have increased as American and Russian forces face off in close proximity.

“The bleeding wound”

Osama bin Laden won (twice)...
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Trita Parsi: John Bolton has wanted war with Iran for 20 years. Now could...

In a statement on Sunday night, Bolton said the move was intended to “send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attacks on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force.”

I still can’t get no satisfaction

I can't get no satisfactionI can't get me no satisfactionAnd I try and I try and I try t-t-t-t-try tryI can't get...

Working for a real mad man

The military stood up to Donald Trump. Who will now stand up to the military?

Bob Dylan and the Ukraine crisis

In recent days, media coverage of a possible summit between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin has taken on almost wistful qualities, as though the horsemen of the apocalypse are already out of the barn.
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Are we heading toward a constitutional crisis over immigration?

Does the potential exist for a direct conflict between two branches of government?

Memo to Congress: Diplomacy for Ukraine is spelled M-I-N-S-K

If the U.S. government wants to play a constructive role in Ukraine, it should genuinely support this already existing framework for a solution to the crisis, and end the heavy-handed U.S. intervention that has only undermined and delayed its implementation.