Are revelations that Susan Rice, as President Barack Obama’s national security advisor, was unmasking names of people related to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and transition in surveilled conversations a big deal? Yes, concludes former United States...
Ilan Pappé on Viewing Israel-Palestine Through the Lens of Settler-Colonialism
Delivered to The Israel Lobby and American Policy conference March 24, 2017 at the National Press ClubThe Israel Lobby and American Policy conference was solely sponsored by the American Educational Trust, publisher of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and...
Hopeless But Optimistic: Journeying Through America’s Endless War in Afghanistan
Here’s an excerpt from a new book, Hopeless but Optimistic: Journeying through America’s Endless War in Afghanistan, by Douglas Wissing. The passage deals with the unnecessary death of State Department diplomat Anne Smedinghoff at age 25. Anne gave her life for a...
Ron Paul on the Susan Rice Spy Scandal: Was Trump Right? And What It Means.
In a surveillance state, no one is immune from the government's watchful eyes. Not even the government. It looks like the Obama Administration used the NSA to dig up dirt on the Trump people before and after the election. Possibly, the "Russia hacked the election"...
Thinking Russia Reacts to St. Petersburg Terror Attacks
Russia's reaction to the terror attacks yesterday in St. Petersburg stands in stark contrast to what we have seen in public behavior in Paris, in Berlin, in Brussels following similar attacks over the past 18 months.There is some commonality, to be sure: in every...
Retired Reps. Jim Moran and Nick Rahall: What it Takes To Beat the Israel Lobby in Congress
Delivered to The Israel Lobby and American Policy conference March 24, 2017 at the National Press ClubThe Israel Lobby and American Policy conference was solely sponsored by the American Educational Trust, publisher of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and...
Ron Paul on Threatening China Over Korea: Grandstanding… Or Wise Diplomacy?
Just days before President Trump is set to meet Chinese Premier Xi Jinping he let loose with a threat: either China "solves" North Korea or the US will do it. One way would be good for China, the other would not, he added. But how much sway does China really have over...
Maria LaHood: Recent Legislation Threatens First Amendment Rights of Palestinian Solidarity Activists
Delivered to The Israel Lobby and American Policy conference March 24, 2017 at the National Press ClubThe Israel Lobby and American Policy conference was solely sponsored by the American Educational Trust, publisher of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and...
Help Support Will Grigg
The great champion of liberty, anti-war, anti-police state writer and orator, William N. Grigg, our hero, our friend, our colleague, needs our help. Will is recovering from a sudden and serious medical crisis. His hospitalization and recovery will be costly. The Grigg...
Hanan Ashrawi: The Israel Lobby and the ‘Peace Process’ From a Palestinian Perspective
Delivered to The Israel Lobby and American Policy conference March 24, 2017 at the National Press ClubThe Israel Lobby and American Policy conference was solely sponsored by the American Educational Trust, publisher of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and...


