Labels are central to the politics of media. And no label has been more powerful than āterrorist.ā A single standard of language…
When Israelās ambassador to the United Nations spoke outside the Security Council on Sunday, he said: āThis is Israelās 9/11. This is Israelās…
If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. follows through on his apparent plans to run for president in the fall 2024 general election, that…
Recent news reports have been filled with results ofĀ oneĀ poll afterĀ anotherĀ afterĀ anotherĀ showing that President Biden continues to weaken as a candidate for re-election. With…
When Joe Biden flew out of Hanoi last week, he was leaving a country where U.S. warfare caused roughlyĀ 3.8 millionĀ Vietnamese deaths. But,…
Since 9/11, US wars have become widespread, everyday affairs that most Americans know next to nothing about. The largest wars like Iraq,…
The day after the U.S. government began routinely bombing faraway places, the lead editorial in theĀ New York TimesĀ expressed some gratification. Nearly four…
Ever since Donald Trump became a former president, news outlets and commentators have citedĀ pollsĀ showing that many Republicans believe violence might be needed…
At first, I admit, I was a bit flattered to learn that online entrepreneurs are selling study guides for my new book.…
In 1980, when I asked the press office at the U.S. Department of Energy to send me a listing of nuclear bomb…
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