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“Congress shall make no law …abridging the freedom of speech or of the press…” ~ First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution During the oral argument before the Supreme Court in the famous Pentagon Papers case, a fascinating colloquy took place between Justice William O. Douglas and the lawyer for the government. The case was about … Continue reading "TikTok and the Freedom of Speech"

On January 10, 2025, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) posted a $25 million reward (up from a paltry $15 million) for information leading to the arrest of “former” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and associates, just as he was taking the oath of office in Caracas for his third term as President. Maduro had been … Continue reading "How the US Uses and Abuses Latin America"

A few days before the end of 2024, the independent magazine +972 reported that “Israeli army forces stormed the Kamal Adwan Hospital compound in Beit Lahiya, culminating a nearly week-long siege of the last functioning hospital in northern Gaza.” While fire spread through the hospital, its staff issued a statement saying that “surgical departments, laboratory, … Continue reading "How US Media Hide Truths About the Gaza War"

A dramatic escape was cited by Israeli media as the reason that Yuval Vagdani, a soldier in the Israeli army, managed to escape justice in Brazil. Vagdani was accused by a Palestinian advocacy legal group, the Hind Rajab Foundation, of carrying out well-documented crimes in Gaza. He is not the only Israeli soldier being pursued … Continue reading "The Gaza Genocide: The Fall of Israel’s Immunity"

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In 1986, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan was awarded the “Seal Medallion of the Central Intelligence Agency ‘In recognition of his outstanding accomplishments as… a leader in establishing the oversight of intelligence…'” By 1995, on the first day of the first session of the 104th United States Congress, Sen. Moynihan informed his colleagues and the nation … Continue reading "Federalism, New Hampshire, and the USS Liberty"

By the time most of you read this column, we will have a new US President. Donald J. Trump will be inaugurated for his second term today at 11:30 AM, Eastern time, and many Americans are hopeful that the disastrous foreign policy of the past four years under Biden will be improved. There is good … Continue reading "Can Trump Fix Our Broken Foreign Policy?"

Before the first day of Donald Trump’s term in office, he already had more diplomatic achievements than Joe Biden did on the last day of his. The entrance of the Trump team into the negotiations was the difference in Gaza. Biden opened his administration with the promise of “a new era of relentless diplomacy.” But after four years … Continue reading "Trump One; Biden Nothing"

Over the past three years, a collective of volunteer researchers, lawyers, and commentators created The Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal, dedicated to holding accountable four weapon manufacturing corporations based in the U.S. Their tribunal amassed copious evidence to prove that Boeing, Lockheed Martin, RTX (formerly Raytheon) and General Atomics (a company which manufactures weaponized … Continue reading "Dr. Martin Luther King’s Prophetic Warning, Denouncing the Merchants of Death"

Early in the year, State Department officials briefed Joel Rayburn from the Trump transition team there could be a humanitarian “catastrophe” in Gaza when a new Israeli law barring contact with the UN refugee agency for Palestinians takes effect at the end of the month. The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is the primary … Continue reading "The Fatal Effort To Dismantle UNRWA"

April 4, 1967, Riverside Church, New York The sermon which I am preaching this morning in a sense is not the usual kind of sermon, but it is a sermon and an important subject, nevertheless, because the issue that I will be discussing today is one of the most controversial issues confronting our nation. I’m … Continue reading "Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break the Silence"

When she was a member of the House of Representatives, Tulsi Gabbard was a fierce defender of personal privacy rights protected by the Fourth Amendment. She consistently opposed permitting federal agents to spy on Americans without search warrants, and she consistently voted against the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of … Continue reading "Tulsi Gabbard: A Switch in Time?"

There are so many lies, deceptions and misdirections in Sir Keir Starmer’s statement on the ceasefire agreed between Israel and Hamas yesterday that they need to be picked apart line by line. Starmer: After months of devastating bloodshed and countless lives lost, this is the long-overdue news that the Israeli and Palestinian people have desperately … Continue reading "Keir Starmer’s Support for the Gaza Ceasefire Is Riddled With Lies"

Recent threatening statements by incoming President Donald Trump have raised the question of why any country would risk partnering with the United States. But the erosion in trust has not begun with the incoming Trump administration. Several years ago, Saudi Arabia began to reexamine its relationship with the United States. Their confidence had been shaken … Continue reading "Why Would Any Country Partner With the US?"

The first official reference to Gaza becoming increasingly uninhabitable was made by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in 2012, when the population of the Gaza Strip was estimated at 1.8 million inhabitants. The intention of the report, “The Gaza Strip: The Economic Situation and the Prospects for Development,” was not merely … Continue reading "Israel Destroyed Gaza ‘for Generations To Come’ and the World Stayed Silent"

As the sun sets on Joe Biden’s presidency, the Commander-in-Chief and his top staffers are using their final moments in power to convince the American people that we live in a safer and more stable world. “The United States is winning the worldwide competition compared to four years ago,” Biden declared Monday. “America is stronger. … Continue reading "Joe Biden’s Legacy: Waging Proxy Wars, Spreading Terrorism and Killing Diplomacy"

In March 2020, United States Marine Corps Commandant General David H. Berger introduced Force Design 2030, now known as “Force Design,” an ongoing force restructuring plan to reshape its combat power for future adversary conflicts. The Marine Corps transformation is to align with the National Defense Strategy, mainly focusing on great power competition in the … Continue reading "Steady Progress Toward a War Against China"

Donald Trump’s political adversaries have long contended that he is a danger to democracy both at home and abroad.  The alleged threat that he poses domestically is symbolized by the riot his supporters waged at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.  Opponents denounce Trump’s foreign policy views both for being “isolationist” and overly sympathetic to … Continue reading "Will Trump End Washington’s Democratic Foreign Policy Façade?"

There is not a snowball’s chance in the hot place of containing America’s public debt disaster unless the Empire is brought home and the national security budget is slashed by $500 billion per year. The merits aside, all the other big slices of the budget led by Social Security and Medicare are surrounded by nearly … Continue reading "Fiscal Redemption Requires a Republic, Not an Empire"

Originally published at TomDispatch. Almost 80 years later, it’s sadly all too easy to forget that two nuclear weapons were once used with devastating effect on this planet. Here’s just a small description by one survivor of the atomic destruction of the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, that can be found in … Continue reading "Angling Toward Armageddon: The Return of Senator Strangelove"