Friday, July 4, 2025

Tag: military

What’s the Meaning of Failure?

The dishonesty of words illustrates the dishonesty of America’s wars.

How Not to Audit the Pentagon

Five decades later, the military waste machine Is running full speed ahead.

The Wars in Our Schools

In 2015, the U.S. government spent $598 billion on the military, more than half of its total discretionary budget, and nearly 10 times what it spent on education.

The Lie of Patriotism

A U.S. ranger who served in Afghanistan and a Marine who was in Iraq put light on the dangerous myth that America has built around its "warriors." Now, in acts of civil disobedience, they are determined to right the wrongs of war.

A Force Unto Itself

A military force effectively unaccountable to the people tears at the very fabric of the Constitution, which is at pains to mandate firm and complete control over the military by Congress, acting in the people’s name.

Pentagon Excess Has Fueled a Civil-Military Crisis

We must ask whether an institution, the military, supposedly endowed with supernal character by objective circumstances, is to master us, or we to master it by determining for ourselves what it properly is and does.

Burn Pits, Climate Change and the US Military

While it’s obvious that the Democratic candidates are much better on these issues than the four Republicans still seeking their party’s nomination, the media needs to take a share of the blame for so rarely bringing up the topic.

Dispossessed in the Name of ‘Security’

“The military is looking to expand its role by emphasizing what it portrays as ‘security’ threats arising from ecological disasters.”

Chicken Little Was NO Fool!

“For years many astute writers have warned us about this Military Industrial Empire... and only a minority of Americans would listen. Ever wonder why?”

It’s a $cam!

The evidence is in: the U.S. military is incapable of responsibly spending your tax dollars.

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What July 5th taught me that July 4th never did

Real freedom doesn’t come wrapped in patriotic speeches or military parades, it comes through struggle, sacrifice, and the refusal to bow to empire, no matter what form it takes.

Ireland becomes sixth European country to end use of coal ahead of schedule

Ireland became the sixth country in Europe to end its use of coal with an additional 23 European countries committing to a cleaner energy future.

U of Florida Law School: Where racism and originalism converge

Preston Damsky, a law-school prize for an essay written for the judge's seminar, argued that the Constitution was originally intended only for white people and therefore even today non-whites could not claim their Constitutional rights and privileges.

Ugliest of ugly Americans, desperate for face-saving charades, exports chaotic, boorish pestilence abroad

Stuntery, like putz-ery, is readily undone and when it flops, it turns against itself.

Trump-Musk foreign aid cuts could cause 14 million deaths by 2030, study warns

Researchers say slashing 83 percent of USAID programs threatens to erase two decades of global health gains, with children under five accounting for one-third of projected fatalities.