Genocide Historian Omer Bartov on Israel and Gaza

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Omer Bartov is a historian who specializes in German military history and genocide studies. I have three of his books: “The Eastern Front, 1941-45, German Troops and the Barbarisation of Warfare”; “Hitler’s...

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Escalation in the Russia-Ukraine War

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. It’s Friday the 13th, and though I’m not superstitious about the date, I’m not liking this headline in today’s New York Times: Top News The topic will be on the agenda Friday with the first official visit to...

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Ariella Anzalone: Welcome to the World!

We are happy to announce the birth of Ariella Anzalone this morning.  She is the first child of Antiwar.com opinion editor Kyle Anzalone and his wife Fressia Anzalone.   Kyle is also news editor at The Libertarian Institute. Ariella is healthy and beautiful.

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Harris’ Missing Foreign Policy Vision

Van Jackson read the Harris campaign’s new “policy” page and he was not impressed: It pains me to observe this because I want better, we need better, and I’m very invested in her beating Trump. But we are well and truly in the territory of HBO’s Veep and nobody wants...

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The Murder of Aysenur Eygi

An Israeli soldier fatally shot an American citizen and peace activist, Aysenur Eygi, in the head on Friday while she was participating in a peaceful protest against an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Haaretz reports on what witnesses to the shooting saw:...

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