by Medea Benjamin and Mary Miller | Oct 16, 2018 | News
Saudi Arabia has made headlines recently for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. What happened to Khashoggi is certainly tragic, but it’s far from the only crime committed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Despite its history of thuggery, the US has been...
by Daniel Larison | Sep 25, 2018 | News
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Aside from being laughed at by the audience, Trump achieved very little in his speech to the U.N. General Assembly today. The president talked a lot about the importance of sovereignty, and then called on the rest of...
by Daniel Larison | Sep 17, 2018 | News
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Associated Press reports on the appalling starvation that is slowly killing millions of people in Yemen:In a remote pocket of northern Yemen, many families with starving children have nothing to eat but the leaves...
by William Astore | Sep 5, 2018 | News
As a kid, I was a big admirer of Israel.* I kept a scrapbook on the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Back then, Israel was America’s plucky ally, David against Goliath, helping to keep the Soviet bear at bay, or so it seemed to me.Through a kid’s eyes, Israel in...
by Yves Engler | Jul 24, 2018 | News
Another Liberal broken promise. Before becoming prime minister, Justin Trudeau promised to re-engage with Iran. His government has failed to do so and is beginning to echo the warmongers in Washington and Tel Aviv."I would hope that Canada would be able to reopen...
