TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
Defense Secretary Jim “Mad Dog” Mattis told Congress on Tuesday that the United States is not winning the war in Afghanistan, Reuters reports. The United States has been formally at war with (or within) Afghanistan since 2001, with little to no tangible progress to show for it. In that context, Mattis’ admission should hardly come Read More…
(AntiWar) Defense Secretary James Mattis and his Qatari counterpart, Defense Minister Khalid al-Attiyah have signed a $12 billion arms deal today in Washington, a move made particularly high-profile because of the ongoing blockade imposed on Qatar by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The agreement is for the purchase of a number of F-15 fighter jets, a Read More…
The Federal Reserve in the United States just released a new report showing that “Total Household Wealth” in the United States has reached a record $94.8 trillion. That’s an impressive figure. Even more impressive is that Total Household Wealth has increased by $40 trillion since the lows of the Great Recession in 2009. No doubt Read More…
Following a recent ISIS attack in Iran in which at least 12 people were killed, a GOP lawmaker has suggested the attack could be a “good thing,” even indicating that the U.S. government should support ISIS in its attacks on other groups. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) said during a House hearing on Hezbollah: “As far Read More…
The entire 2016 election cycle saw an unprecedented level of both transparency (thanks predominately to WikiLeaks) and corruption. Some would say the latter has always been there, and it is only due to the former that we are able see it today. All of the many shockingly incriminating revelations that are finding their way onto Read More…
The only way to rebuild a Common Good is to radically decentralize political, financial and media concentrations of ownership and power. The theory of American civics is that the competitive process of every group advocating for its narrow self-interests will magically generate the Common Good, that is, a political and social order that serves everyone’s Read More…