TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
“War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.” –George Orwell With tensions continuing to rise between the world’s super powers, due in large part to US foreign policy, many are beginning to bear down and prepare for the next decade of “spreading democracy.” It might seem an Read More…
Remember how a couple of days ago the German government advised its citizens to start stockpiling food and water? Well, today they have announced that they are considering reintroducing conscription…the draft, to ‘help with any future disaster’. There are increasing hints in countries around the world that something big is on its way…and it won’t Read More…
And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. -Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Ozymandias“ Horace’s carpe diem. Herrick’s “To the Virgins.” Service’s Read More…
The failed Turkish coup. The Nice attack. The RNC and DNC. There is no shortage of headline-grabbing news stories to keep you occupied during this summer of rage. But while your attention is elsewhere, huge moves are afoot in the Asia-Pacific. Specifically, those moves are afoot in the South China Sea, where the Permanent Court Read More…
Rep. Barbara Lee calls announcement that 8,400 troops will remain in Afghanistan a sign “that our nation’s longest war is far from over.” Confirming that either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton will inherit the longest war in U.S. history, President Barack Obama recently announced that over 8,000 troops will stay in Afghanistan after he leaves the Read More…
In a damning commentary on the rush to invade Iraq, Sir John Chilcot’s inquiry found “diplomatic options had not” at the time “been exhausted. Military action was therefore not a last resort” — as then Prime Minister Tony Blair led the people of the U.K. to believe. While the Chilcot Report proffers scathing insight into the Read More…