Photo by Jon Tyson There are various reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, but there is one important factor that has not been sufficiently explored. The Soviet Union in the 1980s had become increasingly irrelevant. The irrelevance was particularly...
Image by Levi Meir Clancy. The Genocide Convention defines genocide as an intentional effort to completely or partially destroy a group based on its nationality, ethnicity or religion. Merriam-Webster defines genocide as the deliberate and systematic destruction of a...
Man United used to win. That’s Man U. Manchester United. The team used to play with strength, clarity, fire. The players knew what they were doing. The club too. Unfortunately this may no longer be the case. ‘Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever,’ as Napoleon...
US nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles. US Air Force Museum. Public Domain Prologue I remember President John F. Kennedy when, on June 10, 1963 gave the Commencement Address at the American University in Washington, DC. Among his proposals for disarmament, he...
Photo by Nico Baum I am a second-generation employee of Amazon, which means I’ve seen firsthand how badly this giant corporation mistreats workers. My mom operated a forklift at the company’s MEM6 warehouse in Mississippi. She was a devoted employee and took pride in...
“We’re flooded in shit, and we’re still searching for a way to shovel it out,” – James Carville While we are angst full over whether or not we’re in a Constitutional Crisis or not, President Donald J. Trump is just about to declare, unlawfully, a state of Insurrection...
Image by Shalev Cohen. As the political and religious left continues to attack Christian nationalism, as a progressive Christian, I find myself increasingly uneasy. It is not that I believe Christian nationalism exists, or that it is dangerous to a pluralistic society...
Photograph Source: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office – CC BY 2.0 At least 27 Palestinians were killed after Israeli soldiers opened fire near an aid distribution hub in Rafah, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza. It was the third such incident...
Image by Kayla Velasquez. Every day that Americans don’t rise-up in the millions against the malignant fascist Donald “Poisoning Our Blood” Trump to demand his immediate removal from power they and the world get a little more covered in fascist shit. Let’s dig into...
Photo by Sunguk Kim The US has a long history of not knowing how to end or peacefully resolve vexing international crises and conflicts with less powerful nations. A triumphalist attitude in the national character is partly to blame, but in part, at least, it is also...
Photograph Source: Defense Dept. photo by Helene C. Stikkel – Public Domain Former CIA director Robert M. Gates was on “Face the Nation” last month and demonstrated that there has never been a better truckler in the federal bureaucracy over the past four decades. ...
Photograph Source: Casa Presidencial – CC0 Our offshore concentration camps, for now, are in El Salvador and Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. But don’t expect them to remain there. Once they are normalized, not only for U.S.-deported immigrants and residents, but U.S. citizens,...