The US Is Killing Syrians To Show Syria That Killing Syrians Is Bad

Earlier this week, the White House released a fresh warning that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was planning a chemical weapons attack and that he would pay a “heavy price” for doing so. The warning appeared to confuse a number of U.S. officials who had not been consulted before the warning was released. As CBS reported, Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Read More…

US Threatens War With Syria Over Chemical Attack That Hasn’t Even Happened Yet

Barely a day ago, one of the top Google searches regarding Syria was Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh’s recent bombshell that the Trump administration did not have any intelligence linking Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Khan Sheikhoun in April of this year — but that he went ahead and bombed Read More…

In Major Diplomatic Shift, North Korea Open To Halting Nuclear, Missile Tests

Is Trump about to have his biggest diplomatic victory yet? According to Yonhap, North Korea’s top envoy to India on Wednesday offered a conditional moratorium, i.e. halt, on his country’s nuclear and missile tests in what was said to be an “apparent bid to hold talks with the United States.” While the North Korean offer Read More…

U.S. Military Is World’s Largest Polluter – Hundreds Of Bases Gravely Contaminated

Last week, mainstream media outlets gave minimal attention to the news that the U.S. Naval station in Virginia Beach had spilled an estimated 94,000 gallons of jet fuel into a nearby waterway, less than a mile from the Atlantic Ocean. While the incident was by no means as catastrophic as some other pipeline spills, it underscores an Read More…

It’s Time to Stop Pretending Iran Is a Threat to the United States

Considering Iran has one of the lowest military expenditures in the Middle East — especially compared to arch rivals Saudi Arabia and Israel (both of whom may or may not be armed with nuclear weapons) — much of the public may be wondering why the Trump administration is so infatuated with highlighting the threat of the Iranian government. Read More…

Don’t be Afraid of Nothing: The Great Merger of Eastern Philosophical Thought and Western Science

What is nothingness? This is a perplexing thought that has puzzled philosophers and scientists for centuries. So much so, that it has led to a great divide between that of western thought and that of eastern thought. At the forefront of western philosophical and scientific thought has been the monistic (one fundamental realty) perception of Read More…