The Departure of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll from the Pentagon this week has touched off another wave of speculation over the rivalries in the Trump administration and whether the "Rubio faction” is behind it. It’s complicated, as my colleague Connor Echols and I talk...
John Mearsheimer says The Dream Is Still Alive!
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 2 September 2026, I was on “Switzerland” with Tom Switzer, who spent most of the show putting forth the argument, which he does not believe, that is now being made by a handful of supporters of the Iran war. They maintain that the...
The Human Cost of the Iran War
The U.S. struck a wedding in Kuhestak, Iran in the latest round of strikes in the president’s criminal war: Around 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the wedding was struck by a bomb that, according to a weapons expert and a visual analysis by The New York Times, had been released...
Ron Paul: Why Did The U.S. Attack a ‘Failed State’ With ‘No Military’ That Already ‘Lost’?
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: For some reason, the U.S. keeps attacking a "failed state," that "has no military," that "doesn't know who their leader is," and that has already "lost" many times over. And somehow, beyond all imagination, this completely...
Appeal to Pope Leo XIV: To Organize a Global Leaders Summit to Address the Questions of Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
[Note: If you would like to sign this appeal, please fill out this Google form OR add your name and affiliation, if any, as you would like them listed in the comments below.] We appeal to you, Your Holiness Pope Leo XIV, as the leader who has made the greatest effort...
John Mearsheimer on The Mother of All Strategic Blunders
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 28 August 2026, I was on “The Chris Hedges Report” talking mainly about the ongoing disaster in Iran. Chris was interested in pushing me to explain why I believe the Iran war is the greatest strategic blunder in US history. Of...
Ron Paul: This Is Where We Are? Kidnapping Foreign Leaders and Trying To Take Their Oil
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Unwinding the American Empire should be done voluntarily and rationally. Reality should be faced and accepted. But alas, the power centers that benefit from the Empire want to keep their gravy train going as long as possible. Let...
Let’s End Military Integration, Support for US Foreign Policy
Reprinted from Yves Engler’s website. The world is better off for Carney walking away from the Trump trade negotiations. But we must demand far more from Ottawa in terms of distancing the country from Washington’s economic and military bullying. Mark Carney was right...
John Mearsheimer: Why the World Is So Dangerous
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 27 August 2026, I was on Glenn Diesen’s popular podcast, where we had a wide-ranging discussion about the structural changes that have taken place in the international system since the Cold War that first led us into the unipolar...
VIPS MEMO: Dangerous Talk of Putin’s ‘Loss’ in Ukraine
Reprinted from Consortium News with permission. VIPS tells President Trump that once apprised of the reality on the ground (and in the air) by his intelligence advisors, he might choose to do what is in his power to end the disaster in Ukraine. MEMORANDUM FOR: The...


