We Need to Hear More Palestinian Voices
Like many of us, I’ve been glued to media coverage of the terrible violence in Gaza and Israel. I was deeply shaken by the brutal killings of over a thousand Israelis on October 7. The families of...
View ArticleCongress Divided on Funding Wars
Inside the halls of power and outside on the campaign trail, U.S. politics is a mess. The leading Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential race, Donald Trump, faces four criminal indictments. The...
View ArticleAmericans Want a Ceasefire. It’s Our Politicians Who Are Out of Touch.
Two years ago, filmmaker Mohannad Abu Rizk asked children in Gaza about their dreams. One young girl responded, “My dream is for us to stay alive and to live in peace. We have a right to stay alive.”...
View ArticleHow Long Can America Maintain a War Economy?
The U.S. economy is in reasonably good shape, according to conventional measurements. The official unemployment rate is below 4 percent, and the productivity of U.S. workers is surging. In the last...
View ArticleThe Gaza Carnage in Context
A great tragedy is taking place in Gaza where more than two million Palestinians are being bombarded daily by the Israeli armed forces, with scarce or no water, electricity, and medicine because of the...
View ArticleAmerican Arms Makers, Cashing in on Conflict
The New York Times headline said it all: “Middle East War Adds to Surge in International Arms Sales.” The conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, and beyond may be causing immense and unconscionable human...
View ArticleAs War in Ukraine Grinds On, U.S. Officials Focus on Black Sea
U.S. officials view the war in Ukraine as a way of achieving geopolitical objectives in the Black Sea, an energy-rich region that connects Russia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. At two recent...
View ArticleFrom Bin Laden to Gaza
The dramatic events of the last six weeks have left the U.S. position in the Middle East a total wreck, with Washington coming across as a dog being wagged by its tail, the state of Israel, which is...
View ArticleThe Epicenter of International Terrorism
America’s Global War on Terror has seen its share of stalemates, disasters, and outright defeats. During 20-plus years of armed interventions, the United States has watched its efforts implode in...
View ArticleThe ‘Humanitarian Pause’ in Gaza Proves Diplomacy Works. Now We Need a Real...
The pause in the fighting in Gaza — with some humanitarian aid allowed in and exchange of some Israeli and Palestinian captives — is important, but not nearly enough. We need to fight for a permanent...
View ArticleThe Pentagon Just Can’t Pass an Audit
The Pentagon just failed its audit — again. For the sixth time in a row, the agency that accounts for half the money Congress approves each year can’t figure out what it did with all that money. For a...
View ArticleThe End of Humanism
Since October 7, TV screens, Internet sites, and newspapers have been filled with two competing narratives. First there are the images of violent devastation and the murder of Israeli Jewish civilians...
View ArticleAnd Here’s to You, Henry Kissinger…
On the occasion of his death at 100, praises and denunciations of Henry Kissinger are being sung and spewed out in record numbers. Let me add to the “praises.” More than anyone else, Henry, along with...
View ArticleCould the U.S. Become Involved in a War Between Venezuela and Guyana?
The United States has taken the first steps in becoming involved in a potential war between Venezuela and Guyana. President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela is claiming the territory of the oil-rich...
View ArticleThe Horrors of Gaza
The greatest horror of the war between Israel and Gaza is that it shouldn’t have happened in the first place. Israeli intelligence received a 40-page document a year before the October 7 attack that...
View ArticleReplacing a Disastrous War with a Just Peace in Ukraine
Although the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza has captured the world’s horrified attention, the war in Ukraine has had even more terrible consequences. Grinding on for nearly two years,...
View ArticleHow Can We Actually Improve Human Rights in North Korea?
Human rights in North Korea are currently in the spotlight. In addition to a recent conference on North Korean human rights held in Honolulu, there’s also a new documentary, Beyond Utopia, about North...
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Some Facts for the Unconvinced: Why We Need a Gaza Ceasefire Now
There is no military solution — this was true in Afghanistan and Iraq and it is true in Gaza. It is not possible to destroy Hamas militarily. Going to war against a small group of militants doesn’t...
View ArticleAnother Major War in 2024?
This hasn’t exactly been a year of good news when it comes to our war-torn, beleaguered planet, but on November 15th, U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping took one small step back...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Twosome
Honestly, what strange creatures we are. Nothing stops us when it comes to destruction, does it? (And I’m not even thinking about the utter, ongoing devastation of Gaza.) I mean, give us credit as the...
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