On COI #431, Kyle Anzalone covers the destruction of The Nova Kakhovka Dam. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.

The phrase "The Emperor has no clothes" belongs to the folktale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, but variations of it have been adopted for use in many countries around the world. I'd leave it to economic, financial, and military experts to analyze...

Civil society groups in Israel and Palestine face serious human rights violations by Israeli authorities seeking to perpetuate an illegal occupation and apartheid regime, according to a report published Thursday by the United Nations Human Rights Council. The...

The buzzing noise of a drone never ceases. A missile screaming into your house is hard to miss. Gun fire. The door kicked in. These are not subtle gestures. Yet Norman Solomon’s new book is called War Made Invisible. What?Of course, the people whose government...

On COI #430, Kyle Anzalone breaks down Secretary of State Antony Blinken's recent speech in Finland. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.

This image stays with me: The people on the receiving end of American bombs don’t care if those bombs are from a “woke” B-52 or a MAGA one, or whether the crews of those planes are diverse. Is it better to be bombed by female or gay or Black air crews? The comedian...

In 1918, Randolph Bourne made the case that “war is the heath of the state,” meaning that in a time of war, governments are able to use the existence of an external enemy to justify power grabs the population would not go along with in a time of peace. The inverse is...

On COI #429, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover dangerous escalations against Russia, amid the war in Ukraine, as well as Washington’s destructive role in the Middle East. Kyle details how the debt ceiling deal reached between the House GOP and the Joe Biden...

Illinois 5th District Mike Quigley, in his Sun Times op-ed "U.S. must ramp up arms production for Ukraine to send a message to foes of democracy" reveals his total support of US weapons manufacturers who are reaping the benefits of all those political...

Relatives of people killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States and 9/11 survivors said Tuesday that they are "shocked and deeply offended" by a newly announced merger between the PGA Tour and the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit, a deal widely...