During Campaign 2008, Barack Obama promised to “end the mindset” that led to the Iraq War, but more than six years later, he has failed to live up to that commitment as the same belligerent “mindset” continues to grow and…
Category: Obama Administration
A Family Business of Perpetual War
Netanyahu: Too Dishonest by Half
How Mandela and S. Africa Were Freed
From the Archive: One of the great battles of Danny Schechter’s life was the fight to end apartheid in South Africa, but he never soft-pedaled the challenges the country continued to face nor did he accept the revisionist history minimizing the role of millions…
The Iron Law of Oligarchy Returns
From the Archive: The death of Danny Schechter, “the News Dissector,” at age 72 from cancer marks a sad moment for independent journalism. Schechter’s was a strong voice against the empty platitudes and blatant hypocrisies that have come to define modern…
A Plan to Legalize Pot But Ban Advertising
Ukraine’s Poison Pill for Peace Talks
America’s Dead-End in the Middle East
Exclusive: When columnist Thomas L. Friedman suggests the U.S. should arm ISIS thus joining the Saudi-Israeli regional war on Iran and the Shiites it seems time to question the sanity of U.S. opinion- and policy-makers. But that is where the muddled U.S.…
Netanyahu Unmasks Israel
America’s Netanyahu Dilemma
Israeli voters rewarded Prime Minister Netanyahu for his scare-mongering and race-baiting with a solid electoral victory. Most significantly, Netanyahu prevailed by discarding the facade of a possible Palestinian state, forcing U.S. officials to face a grim reality, as ex-CIA analyst Paul…