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A short guide on how to engineer a genocide by starvation and ethnic cleansing: 1. Choose your moment. OK, you’ve been ethnically cleansing, occupying, oppressing and killing your neighbors for decades. The international courts have ruled your actions illegal. But none of that will matter the moment your neighbors retaliate by attacking you. Don’t worry. … Continue reading "A Short Guide on How To Starve a Population to Death"

The last vice president to serve during wartime was also the last president to have done so: George H.W. Bush (1924-2018). Bush’s presidency, unlike that of his son’s, was marked, mainly, by a prudential approach to foreign affairs. Bush’s warning about the dangers of unleashing the demons of “suicidal nationalism based upon ethnic hatred” in … Continue reading "The Vance Doctrine"

Today is the 139th anniversary of Randolph Bourne’s birthday. Antiwar.com named its parent institute for this early 20th century antiwar activist. Read Jeff Riggenbach’s biography of Bourne. [Transcribed from the Libertarian Tradition podcast episode “Randolph Bourne (1886–1918)”] Randolph Bourne was an American intellectual journalist who flourished for a few years in the second decade of … Continue reading "Celebrate Our Namesake’s Birthday: The Brilliance of Randolph Bourne"

On May 21st a 30-year-old Chicago resident named Elias Rodriguez (allegedly) murdered two young Israeli Embassy staffers named Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgram as they were leaving the Jewish Museum in Washington DC. As he was arrested, he was recorded shouting, “Free Palestine.” According to a short manifesto believed to be from the shooter published … Continue reading "Lone Assassins Never Achieve Their Political Goals"

Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have been rare since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Part of the blame falls on Europe and the mainstream media for attempting to suffocate diplomacy. When the first bilateral talks occurred in the early weeks of the war, the West, led by the United States, Britain and Poland discouraged … Continue reading "Does No One Want Peace in Ukraine?"

All attempts by the government to evaluate the content of speech and deter or punish what the government and its benefactors hate or fear is un-American, unconstitutional and unlawful; and if not stopped, will reduce the American people to serfdom. During the past three months, the Trump administration has sought to withhold the delivery of … Continue reading "Punishing Freedom: Trump’s Attack on the First Amendment"

Israel’s claim that Hamas is “stealing aid” is so preposterous no serious journalist or politician ought to give it any kind of airing – yet there it is continuously cropping up in the coverage of Gaza. How do I know Israel’s claim is utterly worthless? For this simple reason: Israel has a fleet of surveillance … Continue reading "Israel’s Claim That ‘Hamas Is Stealing Aid’ Is Patently a Lie"

On May 16, Russia and Ukraine held their first direct talks since the first months of the war. Despite the pessimistic evaluation by Ukrainian and European leaders, the return to diplomacy is itself a major achievement and step forward. The talks lasted an hour and forty minutes. Western leaders and Western media have given the … Continue reading "Western Media Falsely Presented the Ukraine-Russia Talks as a Failure"

Former FBI director James Comey has provoked a First Amendment firestorm with a display of sea shells that included the sequence: “86 47.”  Many supporters of President Donald Trump note that in popular culture “86” frequently is used as slang for eliminating (killing) someone.  “47,” they conclude, obviously refers to Trump, the 47th president of … Continue reading "James Comey Should be Shunned, Not Prosecuted"

Deal-making is said to be President Trump’s specialty, yet after five rounds of indirect talks with Iran – most recently just days ago – we seem as far away from an agreement as ever. The fifth round ended last Friday with no breakthrough, but at least no breakdown. However, each day that passes without a … Continue reading "Take the Iran Deal, President Trump"

Try this sometime: say that NATO bombed civilians in Serbia, and Russia did the same in Ukraine. Don’t take a side, don’t justify it – just note the symmetry and watch the room explode. You’ll be accused of whataboutism, as though you’d just farted in church during a eulogy. Push further, and the full litany … Continue reading "In Defense of Whataboutism, The Scientific Method of Justice"

There was a time when Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to have all the cards. The Palestinian Authority was largely passive, the occupied West Bank was relatively calm, Israel’s diplomatic reach was expanding, and the United States seemed ready to bend international law to accommodate Israel’s desire for complete control over Palestine. The Israeli prime minister had … Continue reading "Netanyahu’s Endgame: Isolation and the Shattered Illusion of Power"

The brief freeze and rapid partial reinstatement of National Endowment for Democracy (NED) funding in early 2025 helped expose it as a US regime-change tool. Created to rebrand CIA covert operations as “democracy promotion,” the NED channels government funds to opposition groups, meddling in their internal affairs. Regime change on the US agenda In 2018, … Continue reading "US Reinstates Funding to Propaganda Outlet NED"

Who could have imagined 19 months ago that it would take more than a year and a half of Israel slaughtering and starving Gaza’s children for the first cracks to appear in what has been a rock-solid wall of support for Israel from western establishments. Finally, something looks like it may be about to give. … Continue reading "Why the Wall of Silence on the Gaza Genocide Is Finally Starting To Crack"

The hatred of some in Israel for the people of Gaza – even for little children – is just astounding. If they have even a tiny bit of belief in God, they should pray for forgiveness. Unfortunately, NPR reported last Thursday (May 15) on “deadly airstrikes, killing more than 150 people in the past day, … Continue reading "Israeli Hatred for Children in Gaza Is Shocking"

Reprinted with permission from The Realist Review. To hear an American President, the supposed leader of the self-styled free world, no matter how disingenuously, declare that the age of nation building is over, and deliver a thunderous denunciation of the nation building project, its courtier class, and their influence on world affairs in a foreign … Continue reading "Which Way, Liberal Interventionist?"

This week the United States House of Representatives passed the ridiculously titled “Mobilizing and Enhancing Georgia’s Options for Building Accountability, Resilience, and Independence Act (MEGOBARI Act) by a vote of 349 to 42. The latter “nay” vote consisted of 34 stalwart America First, non-interventionist Republicans and but 8 Dems from the AOC/Squad wing. The rest … Continue reading "Out of Their Minds on Georgia"

On May 13,  U.S. President Trump announced  he is ordering the removal of sanctions on Syria. Some of the U.S. sanctions can be quickly terminated because they were issued by Executive Order. Other sanctions, including the extremely damaging 2019 “Caesar” sanctions, were imposed by Congressional legislation and may require Congressional action to terminate. The Syrian … Continue reading "The Human Cost of Syria Sanctions"

There was yet more shameful reporting by BBC News at Ten last night, with international editor Jeremy Bowen the chief culprit this time. He prefaced an interview with Philippe Lazzarini, head of United Nations refugee agency UNRWA, with an utterly unwarranted disclaimer – as though he was talking to a terrorist, not a leading human … Continue reading "Jeremy Bowen’s interview with Gaza aid chief was shameful – and he knows it"

Last week, Moody’s Ratings lowered the United States credit rating. Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings had already lowered the US rating. This new downgrade was driven by Congress’s failure to make any efforts to reduce the almost 37 trillion dollars national debt. When Moody’s made its announcement, the House Budget Committee was scrambling to … Continue reading "Cutting Military Spending Would Make for a Big and Beautiful Bill"