Tag: U.S. Military
The enduring limits of American power
The decline of U.S. power isn’t a problem; it is a call to global action.
What would real ‘national defense’ look like?
The three maxims for a newly progressive Pentagon.
Backers of endless war deplore that many Trump supporters favor using...
Are some of Trump’s true believers are eager to adapt the violent precepts of perpetual war to American politics?
‘The greatest fighting force in human history’
A most exceptional military makes its wars and their ugliness disappear.
How America can better care for its veterans
Veterans deserve a system of care that serves them as reliably as they did the nation.
Report shows how military industrial complex sets media narrative on Ukraine
A recent report from the Quincy Institute (6/1/23) demonstrates just how much influence war profiteers have on the national discourse.
The patriotism of killing and being killed
Why are patriotism and war so intertwined in U.S. media and politics?
The wars we don’t (care to) see
It couldn’t be more important to make America’s disastrous wars of this century more visible.
Leaks reveal reality behind US propaganda in Ukraine
Like in previous U.S. wars, the veil of propaganda is unraveling around a senseless and unnecessary war that is killing a generation of young Ukrainians.
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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.
The dark side of ecotourism: When green travel exploits people and the planet
As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, the industry may be doing more harm than good.
GOP budget standoff deepens as internal revolt stalls Trump’s $3.3 trillion megabill
Senate hold-outs cite draconian Medicaid and SNAP cuts while a new CBO score warns the measure will add $3.3 trillion to the debt even as Republican leaders race to meet Trump’s July 4 deadline.