Why Americans Must End America’s Self-Generating Wars

The most urgent political challenge to the world today is how to prevent the so-called “pax Americana” from progressively degenerating, like the 19th-century so-called “pax Britannica” before it, into major global warfare. I say “so-called,”…

Hypocrisy and War Crimes: The Western Imperium

The U.S. has a long history of unleashing chemical and biological warfare against civilians both abroad and at home, primarily as an experiment but also to get rid of outdated stockpiles and make room for new generation…

Obama Bombs Yemen Hours After Winning Reelection

Not even a full day had passed before newly reelected President Obama ordered another drone strike in Yemen. A U.S. drone strike targeted a group of al-Qaida militants on the outskirts of the Yemeni capital Sanaa…

Obama Wins Election: What Next?

  President Obama has won the election. The US has its own traditions, normally the Americans give their presidents a second chance. There are rare exclusions from the rule when the failure is too evident…