Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Gideon Rachman tries to find similarities between the foreign policies of Trump and Obama:Both men would detest the thought. But, in crucial respects, the foreign policies of Donald Trump and Barack Obama are looking...
The New Arms Race
We who grew up in the time of the Apollo missions are more than aware of the arms-race angle to the Soviet and American forays into Earth orbit and beyond. Now, we must recognize that the space race is no longer mere ornamentation over earthly military...
Military Pollution: The Hidden Costs of War
President Trump's dropping of the "Mother of All Bombs" in Afghanistan is just the latest example of how the US war machine is delivering a scorched earth to those "liberated" by the US military. Already the environmental and health damage from that one bomb has...
William J. Astore on the Smearing of Tulsi Gabbard
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is a compelling choice for president in 2020. She’s principled, she’s against America’s disastrous regimen of regime-change wars, and she’s got the guts to criticize her own party for being too closely aligned with...
A Terrorist Designation for Cartels Is a Bad Idea
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Trump threatened to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups this week:President Trump said in an interview posted online Tuesday that he planned to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations,...
Should Navy SEAL Gallagher Be Punished – Or Honored?
President Trump's robust intervention on behalf of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher has drawn widespread criticism, even and especially among members of the military. Should he be honored with the right to keep his status as a SEAL, as Trump contends, or does military...
Scandal! UN Officials Faked Syria Gas ‘Attack’ Report!
A startling development in the alleged gas attack in Douma, Syria in April, 2018: Whistleblowing inspectors from the OPCW – the UN Agency that investigated the attack – have come forward to claim that the original report has been doctored and distorted to falsely...
New Poll Shows Americans Favor Non-Intervention
A new poll conducted by the Eurasia Group Foundation shows Americans are losing their belief in American exceptionalism, and tend to favor a more non-interventionist foreign policy. The participants were asked a range of foreign policy questions.Over 1,200 people...
It’s Time. End the Draft, Once and for All
We may be months away from ending the US military draft, once and for all. After a court ruled that the male-only draft was unconstitutional, a Congress-appointed Commission has been studying whether or not to draft women into the US military. They make their report...
Impeachment #2: A Bipartisan Distraction From the War on American Citizens
While the media and American public remain glued to the ongoing impeachment circus, Congress hid an extension of the Patriot Act on page 25 of a "must pass" continuing resolution. The move was bipartisan and widely supported. Watch the Ron Paul Liberty Report:...


