Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Why the high dudgeon over alleged Russian bounties for Taliban slaying of US troops

Certainly they want Trump to look bad for not loudly condemning the Russians for this alleged atrocity.

Bearing witness to the costs of war

On being a military spouse and writing about our post-9/11 wars.
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A deadly day: Russian ambassador assassinated; 12 dead in Berlin truck crash; Zürich mosque...

Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, was assassinated Monday at an art exhibition in Ankara.

Defenseless

We want a serious change in our federal spending priorities away from destruction to actual human needs.

From America with love

U.S. commandos are a “persistent presence” on Russia’s doorstep.

Trump-Taliban talks like those with N. Korea – a photo op on the deck...

Trump-Taliban is just for show, like Trump-North Korea. It is like a photo op on the deck of the Titanic as it headed to sea.

Bases, bases, everywhere…

“Undocumented bases are immune to oversight by the public and often even Congress.”

The art of shaping memory

How best to describe the recently completed allied commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of France? Two words come...

Our man in Riyadh

So there is more than a little poetic justice – or is it irony? – in General Abizaid’s proposed posting to Riyadh.

So far, Biden’s commitment to a ‘rules-based order’ rings hollow

Arming Israel as it assaulted Gaza was an open affront to the international law the administration claims to support.