Friday, September 30, 2016
Russia-Baiting and Risks of Nuclear War
Exclusive: The propaganda war on Russia is spinning out of control with a biased investigation blaming Moscow for the MH-17 tragedy and angry exchanges over Syria, raising the risks of nuclear war, says ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern. By Ray McGovern…
A Victory in Mosul Could Help Clinton
If a U.S.-backed coalition drives the Islamic State from Mosul, Iraq, before the U.S. elections, the victory could boost Hillary Clinton’s campaign and undercut Donald Trump’s criticisms, writes Joe Lauria. By Joe Lauria The liberation of Mosul ahead of the…
Obama’s Gift to Israel — and Lockheed
President Obama approved $38 billion in military aid to Israel, but that cash is then recycled to subsidize the U.S. Military-Industrial Complex like some giant money-laundering machine of the taxpayers’ money, explains JP Sottile. By JP Sottile The Israeli lobby…
Parry Laments Loss of Journalistic Skepticism
From Editor Robert Parry: Skepticism once was considered a universal virtue in American journalism, but – as we’ve seen in too many recent cases – it is now applied selectively. When some demonized American “adversary” is accused of something, skepticism…
Thursday, September 29, 2016
US Foreign Policy Elite vs. the Evil One
The crème de la U.S. foreign policy establishment gathered in Texas last week, reaffirming at a friendly conclave the need for their skillful stewardship of the national security state, as Michael Brenner witnessed. By Michael Brenner The combined security/intelligence communities…
Real Men Are Pro-Life
Last week we were treated to a pathetic spectacle when pro-abortion fanatics started the “Men For Choice” campaign. It gave a bunch of men the chance to publicly declare their affinity for abortion.
Of course, I use the word “men” loosely here. The truth is, men who sit on the sidelines and cheer as millions of babies are murdered in the womb are not men. Being a man means fighting injustice and protecting the innocent. Being a man means defending the vulnerable, especially children. Especially your own children. And being a man means not abandoning women to the lifetime of guilt and regret that abortion will bring them. Being a man means stepping up and standing firm in the face of evil. Men who call themselves “pro-choice” have not fulfilled any of these obligations, and so I can’t call them men.
Dante said the darkest places in Hell are reserved for those who remain neutral during times of moral crisis. Well I submit that the darkest parts of the darkest places are reserved for men who turn to “stay out of it” while 50 million babies are executed in the womb every year throughout the world.
People say that being a man means we should be disinterested in abortion. I say the truth is exactly the opposite:
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How the US Armed-up Syrian Jihadists
The West blames Russia for the bloody mess in Syria, but U.S. Special Forces saw close up how the chaotic U.S. policy of aiding Syrian jihadists enabled Al Qaeda and ISIS to rip Syria apart, explains ex-British diplomat Alastair Crooke. By Alastair Crooke…
The Official and Implausible MH-17 Scenario
Exclusive: Another problem with the new report blaming Russia for the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shoot-down is the bizarre route that the investigators say the Buk missile battery took, a wild ride that made no sense, reports Robert Parry. By…
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Troubling Gaps in the New MH-17 Report
Exclusive: The new accusation of Russian complicity in 2014 Malaysia Airlines shootdown was based on Ukrainian intelligence intercepts that were selectively interpreted while contrary information was ignored, writes Robert Parry. By Robert Parry The key conclusion of the Dutch-led criminal…
Donald Trump’s Roger Rabbit Moment
Donald Trump’s recent attempts to show more restraint and look presidential unraveled in his debate with Hillary Clinton like Roger Rabbit unable to resist a goofy sight gag, says Michael Winship. By Michael Winship And so, after all the anticipation,…
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Trump’s Missed Debate Opportunities
Donald Trump missed chances in the first debate, including failure to exploit a U.S. intelligence report that cited U.S. support for an Islamic State forerunner, part of Hillary Clinton’s scheme for Syrian “regime change,” notes Joe Lauria. By Joe Lauria…
Clinton’s Faulty New Scheme to ‘Fight’ ISIS
Exclusive: Even as Hillary Clinton pushes a new scheme for defeating ISIS, the reality is that contradictory U.S. policies in the Mideast that she helped formulate are fueling the growth of jihadi extremism, writes Daniel Lazare. By Daniel Lazare Hillary…
Clinton Toned Down Her Hawkishness
Exclusive: Hillary Clinton’s strongest point in Monday’s debate may have been what she didn’t say, as she avoided a return to her hawkish rhetoric that has alienated many anti-war Democrats, writes Robert Parry. By Robert Parry By most traditional standards…
The Challenging Politics of Global Warming
Though global warming represents a grave danger, it received only passing notice in the first presidential debate, in part, because the politics of climate change are challenging, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar explains. By Paul R. Pillar Going into…
Monday, September 26, 2016
Ex-Speaker Boehner’s Lucrative Return
When House Speaker John Boehner quit, he acted like he was done with Washington’s toxicity, but the big dollars of the lobbying world have lured him back through the golden revolving door, writes Michael Winship. By Michael Winship There are…
CIA Whistleblower Kiriakou Honored for Integrity
The U.S. government gives free passes to officials who commit war crimes but imprisons whistleblowers who tell the truth, a fate that befell CIA’s John Kiriakou for disclosing torture. But he was honored by some ex-intelligence officers, reports Ray McGovern. By Ray McGovern…
America’s Deceptive Model for Aggression
Since NATO’s 1999 war on Serbia, U.S. officials have followed a script demonizing targeted foreign leaders, calling ultimatums “diplomacy,” lying about “war as a last resort” and selling aggression as humanitarianism, says Nicholas J S Davies. By Nicolas J S Davies Across the political spectrum,…
New Cold War Spins Out of Control
U.S. enthusiasts for the New Cold War with Russia appear to be ignoring less-belligerent orders from President Obama and pushing for a dangerous escalation of tensions, reports ex-British diplomat Alastair Crooke. By Alastair Crooke In the aftermath of the U.S.…
Sunday, September 25, 2016
How Libyan ‘Regime Change’ Lies Echo in Syria
Exclusive: The mainstream U.S. media has largely ignored a U.K. report on the West’s lies used to justify the Libyan “regime change,” all the better to protect the ongoing falsehoods used in Syria, as James W Carden explains. By James W Carden…
Did the Pentagon Sabotage Syrian Peace Deal?
As the latest attempt at U.S.-Russian cooperation in Syria goes up in flames, the back story includes Pentagon resistance to the plan and the bloody U.S. airstrike on a Syrian military outpost, reports Gareth Porter for Middle East Eye. By Gareth…
Saturday, September 24, 2016
Another Kerry Rush to Judgment on Syria
Exclusive: The U.N. withdrew its claim that an airstrike hit its Syrian relief convoy but Secretary of State Kerry relied on the outdated claim in lashing out at Russia in a repeat of his earlier rushes to judgment, writes Robert Parry. By Robert…
Friday, September 23, 2016
How US Propaganda Plays in Syrian War
U.S. foreign policymakers have experimented at planting propaganda in social media and then citing it as evidence to support their goals, a process now playing out in the Syrian “regime change,” as Rick Sterling explains. By Rick Sterling Manipulation of public…
Turkey and the Kurdish Quandary
The West’s imperial division of the Mideast, including the parceling of Kurdish territory among several countries, still contributes to the region’s unrest, leaving the Kurds now at odds with Turkey’s powerful army, as Alon Ben-Meir explains. By Alon Ben-Meir Turkey’s President…
Thursday, September 22, 2016
They’re Not “Protesters.” They’re Terrorists.
Another city in flames thanks to Blacks Lives Matter and their apologists. Have we had enough of this yet? I wonder how many more buildings need to be torched, businesses looted, and innocent bystanders and police officers attacked before we finally call this what it is: terrorism.
It’s absolutely sickening to me that the media still uses the word “protest” to describe the kind savagery and chaos we saw in Charlotte last night. They were doing all of the things we’ve come to expect — setting fired, robbing stores, assaulting random white people — and even employing some tactics that we haven’t seen. For instance, a group of thugs tried to throw an unconscious white reporter into a fire. THEY TRIED TO BURN SOMEONE ALIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. Sorry to yell, but I’m at my wit’s end. This is madness. And still the media calls it a “protest.”
If Charlotte was a protest and Ferguson was a protest and Baltimore was a protest, then I guess the bombs that went off in Manhattan over the weekend were a protest. I guess Orlando and San Bernardino and 9-11 were protests. If the domestic terrorism of BLM can be called a protest, why can’t the terrorism of ISIS or Al Qaeda be given the same label?
Or maybe we should just start calling things what they are. These people are terrorists, plain and simple, and they should be treated as such:
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In Election, Russians Rallied Around Putin
The mainstream U.S. media disparaged Russia’s parliamentary elections which showed scant support for the West’s favored “liberals” who side with the U.S. pressure on Moscow, but their defeat should come as no surprise, says Gilbert Doctorow. By Gilbert Doctorow Last week, I…
Dangerous Denial of Global Warming
Exclusive: Direct and indirect dangers from global warming are so grave that the issue should be near the top of the U.S. campaign agenda, instead of being downplayed or denied, writes Jonathan Marshall. By Jonathan Marshall President Obama calls it “terrifying”…
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
The Updated ‘Trick or Treason’ Now Available
From Editor Robert Parry: The new edition of my book, Trick or Treason: The 1980 October Surprise Mystery, is just back from the printers. It tells the remarkable story of political and intelligence intrigue that surrounded America’s pivotal 1980 election.…
WPost Wants a Bigger War in Syria
The neocon Washington Post wants an even bigger U.S. military intervention in Syria, ignoring the tenets of international law and assuming that more bombing will somehow make things better, observes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar. By Paul R. Pillar Among the…
Obama Promises to Shield Saudis on 9/11
President Obama is vowing to veto a bill that would let families of 9/11 victims sue the Saudis for their alleged role in financing the terror attack, a move that 9/11 widow Kristen Breitweiser condemns and Congress may override. By Kristen…
Obama’s Curious UN Farewell Address
President Obama’s U.N. speech looked critically at the U.S. role in world and admitted capitalism’s shortcomings, a contrast with Obama’s previous bluster about “indispensable” and “exceptional” America, notes Joe Lauria. By Joe Lauria The Barack Obama of 2008 reemerged at the United…
George H.W. Bush, the CIA and a Case of State Terrorism
From the Archive: Forty years ago, a car-bomb exploded in Washington killing Chile’s ex-Foreign Minister Orlando Letelier, an act of state terrorism that the CIA and its director George H.W. Bush tried to cover up, as Robert Parry reported in…
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Washington’s Hawks Push New Cold War
As a fragile and partial cease-fire in Syria totters, the back story is the political warfare in Washington where powerful hawks seek to escalate both the war in Syria and the New Cold War with Russia, ex-British diplomat Alastair Crooke explains. By Alastair Crooke…
Monday, September 19, 2016
Obama’s Legacy But Clinton’s Judgment
Exclusive: President Obama calls on blacks to vote for Hillary Clinton to protect the first black president’s legacy, but there are questions about Clinton’s judgment and Obama’s legacy that deserve answers, says ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern. By Ray McGovern Speaking at…
Are US Presidential Debates Worthless — or Less?
The U.S. news networks are building up the suspense for the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, but odds are it will be another hyped-up TV disgrace, say Bill Moyers and Michael Winship. By Bill Moyers and…
AFL-CIO’s Lust for Oil Pipeline Jobs
Despite the existential risk from global warming, short-term self-interest often wins out, whether opposition to the cost of building mass transit or readiness to put oil-industry jobs over the danger from fossil fuels, as Norman Solomon explains. By Norman Solomon At a meeting…
America’s Worldwide Impunity
Exclusive: The mainstream U.S. media is treating the U.S.-led airstrike that killed scores of Syrian troops as an unfortunate boo-boo, ignoring that the U.S. and its allies have no legal right to operate in Syria at all, writes Robert Parry.…
Sunday, September 18, 2016
How US Hardliners Help Iran’s Hardliners
U.S. neocons keep pounding the propaganda drum about Iran in line with Israel’s regional desires but not helpful to American interests or even to the cause of moderating Iran’s behavior, says ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar. By Paul R. Pillar…
Simple Ignorance vs. Politically Slanted Ignorance
Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson flubbed a question about the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo but a more pervasive form of ignorance comes in the form of politically slanted “knowledge,” writes Lawrence Davidson. By Lawrence Davidson The vast majority of…
“We Are Adopting Principles of Fascism”
Retired Army JAG Major Todd Pierce explains how his perspective on U.S. foreign policy and politics have changed as he watched the nation’s slide into “perpetual war,” in Part Two of an interview with Philip Weiss of Mondoweiss. (Click here for…
Saturday, September 17, 2016
The Value of Oliver Stone’s ‘Snowden’
Exclusive: Oliver Stone’s “Snowden” takes you inside the vast electronic expanse of U.S. intelligence gathering via the personal story of Edward Snowden’s decision to expose these secrets to the world, writes Lisa Pease. By Lisa Pease If you think you already know the…
“Everything That We Have Done Since 9/11 Is Wrong”
“Everything that we have done since 9/11 is wrong,” says retired Army JAG Major Todd Pierce, whose personal journey to that conclusion helps explain why so many ex-military people are growing disillusioned with U.S. foreign policy. Philip Weiss of Mondoweiss…
Friday, September 16, 2016
US Media Ignores CIA Cover-up on Torture
A group of U.S. intelligence veterans chastises the mainstream U.S. media for virtually ignoring a British newspaper’s account of the gripping inside story on how the CIA tried to block the U.S. Senate’s torture investigation. MEMORANDUM FOR: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Vice…
Why Consortiumnews Is Unique
From Editor Robert Parry: When we launched Consortiumnews in 1995, our goal was to be a site for investigative-style journalism, which has remained our core product to this day. But – to my surprise – a number of ex-intelligence analysts…
In Case You Missed…
Some of our special stories in August focused on the dangerous new Cold War with Russia, the serious problems with both major party candidates for U.S. president, and the troubling collapse of professional journalism. “New Cold War at the Olympics”…
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Unseemly Competition for Israel’s Blessing
President Obama’s record $38 billion in U.S. military aid to Israel shows neither Democrats nor Republicans want to be “out-Israeled.” The Trump campaign even sides with a bizarre Israeli claim that Palestinians want to ethnically cleanse Jews, ex-CIA analyst Paul…
Russian Hardliners Gain from US Putin-Bashing
The harsh U.S. rhetoric denouncing Russian President Putin is having the adverse effect in Russia of strengthening hard-line “populists” in upcoming elections who think Putin’s ruling party is too soft on the U.S., reports Gilbert Doctorow. By Gilbert Doctorow Last…
Putin-Bashing Fuels Hard-line Russian Reaction
The harsh U.S. rhetoric denouncing Russian President Putin is having the adverse effect in Russia of strengthening hard-line “populists” in upcoming elections who think Putin’s ruling party is too soft on the U.S., reports Gilbert Doctorow. By Gilbert Doctorow Last…
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Getting Fooled on Iraq, Libya, Now Russia
Exclusive: On the heels of the British Chilcot report exposing falsehoods to justify invading Iraq in 2003, a new U.K. inquiry found similar misconduct in the 2011 “regime change” in Libya, but no lessons are learned amid the West’s new…
Putin-Bashing Fuels Hard-line Russian Reaction
The harsh U.S. rhetoric denouncing Russian President Putin is having the adverse effect in Russia of strengthening hard-line “populists” in upcoming elections who think Putin’s ruling party is too soft on the U.S., reports Gilbert Doctorow. By Gilbert Doctorow Last week, Hillary…
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
How to Support Truly Independent Journalism
From Editor Robert Parry: After I founded Consortiumnews in 1995, I approached some large foundations which claimed to be concerned about the decline of mainstream journalism and interested in supporting independent reporting. But I quickly discovered that they really wanted “journalism” that…
Al Qaeda’s Ties to US-Backed Syrian Rebels
Exclusive: The U.S. is demanding the grounding of Syria’s air force but is resisting Russian demands that U.S.-armed rebels separate from Al Qaeda, a possible fatal flaw in the new cease-fire, writes Gareth Porter. By Gareth Porter The new ceasefire…
Post-9/11’s Self-Inflicted Wounds
The damage done to U.S. foreign policy in the wake of the 9/11 attacks was largely self-inflicted, a case of wildly overreacting to Al Qaeda’s bloody provocation, writes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar. By Paul R. Pillar In thinking about…
China and Russia Press Ahead, Together
The G20 summit in China marked a possible tectonic shift in global economic power, with China’s President Xi pushing for a new model based on physical connectivity, like “One Belt, One Road,” writes ex-British diplomat Alastair Crooke. By Alastair Crooke This…
Monday, September 12, 2016
The Existential Madness of Putin-Bashing
Exclusive: Official Washington loves its Putin-bashing but demonizing the Russian leader stops a rational debate about U.S.-Russia relations and pushes the two nuclear powers toward an existential brink, writes Robert Parry. By Robert Parry Arguably, the nuttiest neoconservative idea – among a long…
Pushing NATO to Russia’s Southern Flank
Exclusive: In pursuit of a new Cold War with Russia, Official Washington wants to expand NATO into the ex-Soviet republic of Georgia, creating the potential for nuclear war to protect a sometimes reckless “ally,” writes Jonathan Marshall. By Jonathan Marshall A…
Sunday, September 11, 2016
How Israel Stole the Bomb
Exclusive: When Israel launched a covert scheme to steal material and secrets to build a nuclear bomb, U.S. officials looked the other way and obstructed investigations, as described in a book reviewed by James DiEugenio. By James DiEugenio In 1968,…
The Earlier 9/11 Acts of Terror
From the Archive: Americans feel a special sadness about the terrible loss of life on Sept. 11, 2001, but the 9/11 date has other meanings in other countries, reflecting a U.S. hypocrisy on terrorism, wrote Jonathan Marshall in 2014. By…
Saturday, September 10, 2016
North Korea’s Understandable Fears
Official Washington is in full-throated fury over a new North Korean nuclear test, but fails to note that North Koreans face a vast array of U.S./South Korean military might, including potential U.S. nuclear weapons, writes James Bradley. By James Bradley…
Netanyahu’s Land-Grab Strategy
Behind the smokescreen of the broader Mideast chaos, Israel pursues a strategy of gobbling up Palestinian lands to establish de facto control of the West Bank while confining indigenous Arabs to isolated cantons, explains Alon Ben-Meir. By Alon Ben-Meir Israel’s…
Donald Trump Is Us
Pundits like to pretend that Donald Trump is some strange aberration in the American political-media process, but he is more like the illogical but logical result of a repudiation of rational thought, writes ethics professor Daniel C. Maguire. By Daniel…
Friday, September 9, 2016
Greenwashing Wars and the US Military
A recent congress of major conservation groups soft-pedaled criticism of the U.S. military and other war-makers despite the massive damage they inflict on humans, animals, plants, cultural sites and the environment, reports retired Col. Ann Wright. By Ann Wright The International…
Greasing the Outstretched Hands
Donald Trump with his tangled business dealings is a walking conflict of interest, but Hillary Clinton’s connections to the world of high finance and political pull creates its own problems with outstretched palms, writes Michael Winship. By Michael Winship The…
Thursday, September 8, 2016
UN Team Heard Claims of ‘Staged’ Chemical Attacks
Exclusive: A widely touted U.N. report accusing the Syrian government of two chlorine-gas attacks relied on shaky evidence and brushed aside witness testimony that claimed some incidents were staged, reports Robert Parry. By Robert Parry United Nations investigators encountered evidence that…
Summer/Fall Fund Goal Set at $30,000
From Editor Robert Parry: Because I know people don’t liked to be nagged about money, Consortiumnews holds only three fundraisers a year, but it’s crucial that we make our goals so we can continue producing independent journalism all year. Our work…
Obama Flinches at Renouncing Nuke First Strike
Exclusive: The U.S. threat to launch a first-strike nuclear attack has little real strategic value – though it poses a real risk to human survival – but President Obama fears political criticism if he changes the policy, as Jonathan Marshall explains. By Jonathan…
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
New York Times and the New McCarthyism
Special Report: The New Cold War and its fellow-traveler, the New McCarthyism, are arriving on the hawkish wings of The New York Times and other mainstream U.S. media outlets, writes Robert Parry. Traditional U.S. journalism and the American people are facing a crisis,…
Old Cold Warriors Cool to New Cold War
To the surprise many, some old Cold Warriors, including Zbigniew Brzezinski, are cooling to the idea of a New Cold War with Russia and China, recognizing that cooperation makes more sense than confrontation, notes Kathy Kelly. By Kathy Kelly It seems…
Neocon Dilemma: Israeli-Russian Detente
As Official Washington’s neocons lead the charge into a New Cold War – deeming Russia an implacable enemy – an inconvenient truth is that the neocons’ beloved Israel is warming its relationship with Moscow, writes Stephen J. Sniegoski. By Stephen…
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
The Hard Message from Brazil’s ‘Soft Coup’
With little protest from Washington, Brazil’s elected President Dilma Rousseff was ousted in a politically motivated impeachment, a “soft coup” undermining South American democracy, write Hector Perla Jr., Laura Sholtz and Liliana Muscarella. By Hector Perla Jr., Laura Sholtz and…
Hillary Clinton Is A Sad And Pitiful Sight
Yesterday, Hillary had a three minute coughing fit at one of her rallies, then later on the plane she had to dart out of the room during a press conference because she was having another violent coughing attack. When you add this incident on top of all the others, and you consider the fact that Hillary cited her own poor health as a reason why she couldn’t remember crucial details from her time at the State Department, it becomes clear that the lady has some serious medical issues. That’s understandable. She’s an elderly woman, pushing 70 years old, less than a decade from the average age of death for females in the United States. There’s nothing unnatural about having health problems at her age.
Yet she still chose to run for president. She still chose to undergo the physical rigors of campaigning, not to mention the incredible physical toll of being president. Just think of how Obama and Bush aged while in office — and they were young men in great physical shape when they went in. Can Hillary even survive 8 years in office? She’ll be 76 in 2024. This is a legitimate question.
Beyond the physical demands, Hillary also chose to subject herself to the disgrace of being one of the most despised and distrusted people ever to run for office. She chose to bring all of her lies and crimes, and her husband’s various sex offenses, back to the surface just so that she could have one last chance to seize the throne.
This is what happens when a person lives only for power and control. They become a broken shell of a person. An addict clamoring for a fix. A truly pitiful sight:
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America and the Plague of ‘Moral Idiocy’
When it comes to applying rules of international law and ethics, the U.S. government and its mainstream media operate with stunning hypocrisy, what might be called “moral idiocy,” says Lawrence Davidson. By Lawrence Davidson It was on Aug. 12, 1949,…
Dissecting the Propaganda on Syria
The American public is so inundated with propaganda on the Syrian conflict that a rational policy that could minimize the death toll is almost impossible to formulate, a problem addressed by Rick Sterling. By Rick Sterling At the recent annual…
US Denies Entry to Ex-UK Ambassador
As the New Cold War heats up, the U.S. government is sliding back into old Cold War practices, like blocking entry of people critical of U.S. policies, a fate befalling ex-British ambassador Craig Murray, as Peter Van Buren explains. By…
Monday, September 5, 2016
Behind the Russian-Israeli Detente
Even as Official Washington gears up for a lucrative New Cold War with Russia, America’s close “ally” Israel is finding common ground with Moscow that complicates U.S. hostility, as Zach Battat explains. By Zach Battat Israel can be criticized for…
Billionaires’ Spectacular Stumbles
Many Americans disparage “government” for its stodginess and hail private entrepreneurs for their daring, but the reality often is different, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar explains in the wake of a rocket explosion. By Paul R. Pillar This past…
Sunday, September 4, 2016
Troubling Origins of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refuses to stand for the national anthem in protest against U.S. oppression of “black people and people of color,” a concern underscored by the origins of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” writes Sam Husseini. By Sam Husseini…
Campaign 2016: Populism vs. Establishment
Campaign 2016 has incongruously pitted a wealthy real-estate scion as the “populist” against a small businessman’s daughter as the “Establishment” choice, raising tough questions about merit and privilege, says Gilbert Doctorow. By Gilbert Doctorow Establishment as a concept has gotten a lot of use…
Saturday, September 3, 2016
Hillary Clinton’s ‘Exceptionalist’ Warpath
Exclusive: Democrats and Hillary Clinton are delighting in attacking Donald Trump from the right, employing McCarthyistic tactics and embracing the imperialist notion of “American exceptionalism,” says Daniel Lazare. By Daniel Lazare Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the most right-wing presidential…
The Scuffle over ‘American Exceptionalism’
Before the American Legion, Hillary Clinton sought to paint herself as the real patriot running for President by invoking “American exceptionalism,” a phrase that has caused much trouble and that Donald Trump disdains, notes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar. By…
Georgetown’s Gesture on Slavery’s Evils
Exclusive: After decades of delays and denials, Jesuit-led Georgetown University finally confessed to a near-two-century-old abuse of African-American slaves, writes ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern. By Ray McGovern Better late than never, Jesuit-run Georgetown University has acknowledged that the school has “been…
Friday, September 2, 2016
Porn Is The Quickest Way To Cheat On Your Wife And Emasculate Yourself
I’ve written about this subject a few times here and there, and it always gets a pretty hostile response. That’s no surprise. We watched over 4 billion hours of porn last year on just one site alone, so obviously porn is something very important and personal to many of us. And that’s exactly the problem.
Today I’m building on some points raised by Pamela Anderson (yes, that Pamela Anderson) in an anti-porn Wall Street Journal article a few days ago. She offers some good insights about the dangers of porn (and she knows from experience), but I want to focus primarily on these four points:
1) Nobody anywhere in the world has ever derived any real joy from porn, which proves that there’s something seriously wrong with it.
2) Porn is a lie, and it invites the viewer to participate in the lie and lie to himself.
3) Porn is, in every sense, adultery. And I think I make an argument here that will be very difficult for anyone who reads it honestly to deny.
4) Porn emasculates men and strips us of our dignity and masculinity.
There’s a lot more that could be said and has been said about the porn epidemic, but these four items are particularly important, and aren’t discussed nearly enough. I encourage you to read it all the way through:
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Belated Pushback on Saudis’ War on Yemen
Exclusive: Saudi Arabia’s bombing campaign against Yemen’s Houthi rebels has created a humanitarian crisis, with opposition finally emerging in Congress to the U.S. assistance in the bloodbath, writes Jonathan Marshall. By Jonathan Marshall If there were an Olympics for waging…
Israel’s Abnormal ‘Normal’ with its Neighbors
Israel often acts as if a simmering state of war with its Muslim neighbors is the only possible future, while occasionally playing off one nation against another, a “normal” that is not normal, says ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar By…
Thursday, September 1, 2016
US Arms Makers Invest in a New Cold War
Exclusive: Behind the U.S. media-political clamor for a new Cold War with Russia is a massive investment by the Military-Industrial Complex in “think tanks” and other propaganda outlets, writes Jonathan Marshall. By Jonathan Marshall The U.S. military has won only…
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