Michael Gerson doesn’t like Geoffrey Wheatcroft’s new book on Churchill:The charge that he maliciously caused the Bengal famine – in the sense that Joseph Stalin caused the Ukrainian famine – seems half-baked.Gerson’s complaint against the book is that he thinks the...
Valdai: Russia’s Best Political Talk Show
The annual Valdai Discussion Club gathering in Sochi took place over the course of four days during the week of October 17th and garnered a considerable amount of media attention following the delivery by President Vladimir Putin of the keynote address to its plenary...
The Arms Sales and Apartheid Accords
The Wall Street Journal ran a propaganda hit piece against critics of normalization agreements with Israel that was ridiculous even by their extremely low standards:The question is why the regime is getting an intellectual assist from advocacy groups on the American...
Conflicts of Interest: Did Biden Miss His Chance to Save the Iran Nuclear Deal?
On COI #180, Connor Freeman – writer at the Libertarian Institute – returns to the show to discuss Biden’s failure to engage in diplomacy with Iran. Connor breaks down recent reports that Biden refused an Iranian offer to commit to reviving the JCPOA for the remainder...
Crowdstrike One of Russiagate’s ‘Biggest Culprits’: Ex-House Investigator
From The Grayzone: As a top investigator on the House Intelligence Committee, Kash Patel helped uncover the Clinton campaign’s funding of the Steele dossier and the FBI’s extensive and deceptive reliance on it. Patel joins Aaron Maté to discuss Steele’s new attempt to...
What We Talk About When We Talk About the ‘Blob’
I was watching this conversation between Bob Wright and Tom Wright, and I found it to be very frustrating. The discussion about the meaning and definition of the “Blob” could have been productive, but I don’t think it was. The conversation kept coming back to the...
Pence’s Despicable Shilling for the MEK
Mike Pence joins the long and growing list of current and former elected officials and retired officers to discredit themselves by shilling for the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), the deranged cult and “former” terrorist organization that seeks regime change in Iran and...
MacArthur’s Plot for War with China (video)
From Tales of the American Empire: One myth found in history books is that the United States was surprised by Chinese intervention in the Korean war. This was no surprise because China warned that it would intervene if American forces moved north of the 38th parallel....
Loosened Rules on Drone Strikes Recall Vietnam ‘Body Counts’ (video)
From Responsible Statecraft: Investigative journalist, author, and Iraq veteran Jack Murphy sat down with the Quincy Institute’s Adam Weinstein to talk about U.S. drone strikes in Afghanistan, and how loosened rules of engagement led to an accelerated number of...
Conflicts of Interest: Max Boot’s Ethnically Planned State
On COI #179, Kyle Anzalone refutes Max Boot’s recent Washington Post op-ed arguing against boycotting Israel. In the article, Boot admits that the reason we must reject BDS is that the movement calls for a “right of return” for Palestinian refugees. He admits that...


