There was no need for yet another investigation. The crime has been out in the open from the start
The truth is that we have far more power than we’re told, we just don’t have it where we’re told to look for it
As with becoming a whistleblower or an activist or an artist there must be numerous reasons why any individual becomes a terrorist…
When someone commits mass murder in the United States and is tied, however significantly, to a foreign terrorist group, there remains a…
The most likely way to die in a U.S. war, by far, is to live in the country that the United States is attacking. But the most likely way in which a U.S. participant in a war will die is by suicide
With war totally and amorally normalized, a female (and African-American) member of the military, even a beauty contestant, is interpreted as a symbol of enlightened progress
Obama has normalized lawless imprisonment, not “reformed” it. His actions and this rhetoric have turned crimes into policy options
Never mind an apology, Obama should admit the truth
Remember when coups and assassinations were secretive, when presidents were obliged to go to Congress and tell lies and ask permission for…
How can any entity claim just and defensive motivations while leading arms profiteering and proliferation?
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