Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have something in common. They both embrace colossal Pentagon budgets and both celebrate the “lethality” of the U.S. military, which, they agree, must be the strongest, bestest,...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. I remember watching The Phil Donahue Show with my dad. Informative and willing to tackle controversial issues, the show proved remarkably popular, a tribute to its host, Phil Donahue, who recently died at the...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Originally written in 2015 for the 70th anniversary; updated in 2020 for the 75th anniversary; reposted below along with a podcast for the 79th anniversary. It Should Never Be Done Again: Hiroshima, 75 Years...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. I wrote my first article for TomDispatch in 2007, two years after I’d retired from the military. That article was highly critical of the U.S. military and its disastrous war in Iraq. I wrote that we, the...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. With apologies to Elton John and Bernie Taupin, “peace” seems to be the hardest word, for both Democrats and Republicans. This is hardly surprising. The National Security State is the unofficial fourth branch...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Whether the president’s name is Obama or Trump or Biden, whether it’s the red team in charge or the blue team, there was and remains strong bipartisan support for “modernization” and “investment” in new...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Joe Biden has become a major distraction. Much like Donald Trump, he’s demanding far too much attention. As genocide continues in Gaza, as war continues to rage in Ukraine, as America continues to pursue...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is marking its 75th anniversary. Created in 1949 as a defensive alliance against an expansive Soviet Union, the alliance should have ceased to exist when the...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. It’s Independence Day in America, so it seems like a good day to declare our independence from the insanity of war. Sadly, since the presidency of George W. Bush if not before, it’s become routine for U.S....
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Whenever I watch my hometown baseball team, the Boston Red Sox, at Fenway Park I’m told by a message painted along the first and third base lines to “build submarines.” At commercial breaks between innings,...
