Grave of the Fireflies

Take this inoculation against warmongering. Think of Madeline Albright’s “price was worth it” quote, the US blockade of Iran, and the Israeli blockade of Gaza, then watch the autobiography-based Studio Ghibli anime Grave of the Fireflies in which a 5 year old girl...

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The Neocons: First in War, Last in Peace

I was hired in 1972 by the American Jewish Committee to serve as editor of a new magazine I named Present Tense. My vague assignment was to be more “Jewish” than the well-established and influential Commentary magazine, which, while also parented by the AJC, had...

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The Real Head-Drilling “Butchers” of Iraq

The most harrowing scene in American Sniper involves an Iraqi character nicknamed "The Butcher" torturing and executing an Iraqi child by taking a power drill to his skull. The scene lends credibility to the narrative of Chris Kyle as basically a hero facing villains....

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A Very Realistic Military Game

Inside Amy SchumerGet More: Comedy Central,Funny Videos,Funny TV Shows Stand up comic and writer Amy Schumer discovers what it means to be "all you can be." For more information on military rape, please read Kelley Vlahos, here, here and here.

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