Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. The real enemy of America isn’t Russia or China or Iran or any other country. It’s America’s own pursuit of persistent, pernicious, perpetual, and more or less permanent war or preparations for the same. It’s...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. It was obvious almost from the get-go what Israel was up to in Gaza. I wrote the article below in early December of 2023. Gaza was to be ethnically cleansed of Palestinians, full stop. Whether by bullets,...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. This month marks the 80th anniversary of the Trinity test, the first explosion of an atomic device in Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 16, 1945. Next month, of course, marks the grim anniversary of the Hiroshima...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Roughly three and a half years have passed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and the war shows little sign of ending. President Trump has gone from boasting he could end the war in a day to...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. In an ever-changing world, the one constant in Universe USA is rising Pentagon budgets. For President Trump, a trillion-dollar war budget is something to crow about. Of course, it’s sold as “peace through...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. I didn’t know I was a “Jew-hater” until I suggested in a comment that giving Bibi Netanyahu everything he wants (and then some) might not be the same as serving the national interests and security needs of the...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. U.S. messaging to Iran, courtesy of President Trump, is quite simple: We slugged you (with our bombing attacks on three nuclear sites in your country), and if you don’t like it, we’ll slug you again, even...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. On Friday, I awoke to the news that Israel has bombed Iran, focusing on nuclear enrichment facilities and military targets. For the U.S. and Israel, war always finds a way. The U.S. is claiming that Israel...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. So much of what we’ve been told about Israel and Zionism has been a lie, as this video reveals. My mother-in-law had a saying: “Have a heart if you’ve got a heart.” So many “leaders” in the U.S. and Israel,...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. The new pope, Leo XIV, is off to an encouraging start as he calls for peace (from CNN): Pontiff calls for ‘authentic, just and lasting peace’ Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Sunday blessing from the balcony...
