And not a moment too soon. We sure aren’t having any luck with the old-fashioned forms of fighting. Good thing…
Terrorism
America’s Periodic 9-11 Orgasm
I was six years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Was that a terrorist attack, or do we excuse…
Blaming Biden for Bush Cheney and Rumsfeld’s War Crimes
There hasn’t been much statesmanship on display in American politics for half a century. Some, but not a lot. John…
Poor Choice to Comment on Afghan Withdrawal, Mr. Bush
Jack Brewster, Forbes: “Former President George W. Bush on Wednesday criticized President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from…
Leaving Afghanistan Like a Thief in the Night
Well at least it wasn’t like Vietnam, with the left-behind hanging off the helicopter skids. This time we left without…
Israel May Be Turning Palestine Into Afghanistan
When you give your enemy nothing left to live for, he becomes indomitable. It’s a very dangerous thing to do…
Why Conspiracy Theories?
Conspiracy theories are not a big problem for a large majority of Americans and they wonder how this marginal group…
An Asshole and Killer, But “Our Asshole and Killer”
Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud is the guy who runs the show in Saudi Arabia and a ruthlessly interesting dude…
The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution
Who knows what evil lurks in the small print of great documents? The 13th Amendment abolished slavery, What could be…
Nothing new here—except a Good Idea
The current terrorist plots are not another 911 or suicide bombing in New York. They’re an agonizingly simple and effective…