According to the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and other agents of imperial United States “democracy promotion,” the development of a strong…
In the sixth chapter (titled “Who Hates America?” ) of my book Empire and Inequality: America and the World Since 9/11 (Boulder,…
I doubt that many ZNet readers will be shocked to hear that ABC television’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” show does not provide an…
My visiting-professorial year in and around in one of the nation’s many academic islands of indfference (and confusion) was a little demoralizing,…
It’s good to see people more influential than me saying something that needs to be said and which I’ve been saying for…
In the first installation of this three-part reflection on the similarities and (more importantly) the differences between Uncle Sam’s War on Vietnam…
I just walked down to my local town’s public library and on the way I saw the same bumper sticker on three…
In Part 1 of my serialized “Iraq is not Vietnam” essay, I advanced the proposition that many observers across the ideological spectrum…
Ā Ā Ā Ā Making historical analogies is often like eating a thin bowl of soup with a fork: you might catch something nutritious if…
If you are reading this blog,Ā the chances are good that you are some kind of left-leaning soul. And if you are a…
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