May 2016

photo above: An injured Afghan boy is put on a stretcher at a hospital in Jalalabad city, Afghanistan. Photograph: Nesar…

Posted by Nick Turse and Tam Turse at 5:02pm, May 29, 2016. an excerpt from the introduction: On this Memorial…

an excerpt: We have it on highest authority: the recent killing of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour by a…

an excerpt from the introduction to the piece: Only one problem: climate change threatens to screw up the formula. That…

by Stephen H. Webb 2. 19. 16 In that I'm given to depression, I greatly appreciated this theological reflection. an…

photo above: Indigenous women and children in Guatemala are among those most impacted by Canadian mining companies' destructive practices. (Photo:…

Jeremy Scahill authored this recent book: , already covered in my blog here: The Assassination Complex. an excerpt from this…

photo above: Congressional Republicans surround President George W. Bush as he signs the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act…

BDS - Boycott, Divest, Sanction - Israel an excerpt: Despite having lived in Israel for 22 years with no criminal…

By Mark Karlin, Editor of BuzzFlash at Truthout Further to Donald Trump and the United Stats as consummate bullies. (See…

By Carol Schaeffer May 11, 2016 an excerpt: “Isolation devastates the brain. There is no question about that,” said Zigmund.…

By Charles Derber and Yale Magrass photo above: by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels WN: There is much on this website about America's--and…

By Rebecca Cordell This article is a bit dated, but the realities remain the same. an excerpt: The recent release…

Wednesday 10th October 2012 In the first address by an Archbishop of Canterbury to the Synod of Bishops in Rome,…

If only hundreds more U.S. army chaplains would do this! an excerpt: [US Army Reserve Chaplain Captain Christopher John] Antal…

The Tow Center for Digital Journalism’s Emily Bell spoke to Edward Snowden over a secure channel about his experiences working…

by Tom Engelhardt This is a brilliant, devastating piece that presents militarism in the United States as their current "drug…

(Photo: atomic cloud over Nagasaki, August 9, 1945. (Photo: Hiromichi Matsuda) An interview with Professor (of History) Peter Kuznick It…

by Paul Nuechterlein an excerpt: When I wrote the first draft of this page (May 2007), I was wondering if…

by Paul Nuechterlein An excerpt: From the perspective of mimetic theory, the most serious problem with the Left Behind series…

by Edward Snowden in the foreword to The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government’s Secret Drone Warfare (see the previous blog…

The United States is a world-wide assassin. Plain and simple. They act with impunity as judge, jury, and executioner. They…