The United States – the cynosure of Western society — has committed moral suicide in Gaza; and the death certificate was issued in Iran, writes Michael Brenner.
America’s Moral Suicide
Category: Until This Day–Historical Perspectives on the News
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In case after case, conflicts initiated or intensified by the United States appeared to subside, only to reemerge in new, more volatile forms, writes Eric Ross as he assesses the price of empire and the costs of war on Iran.
War & Morality
In a liberal democracy, the government can only morally do what the governed have affirmatively authorized it to do, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. This is not the case with Trump’s war on Iran.
AS`AD AbuKHALIL: The Anti-Semitism Trap
The Trump administration sued Harvard University on Friday for supposedly tolerating anti-semitism in a serious confusion between protesting genocide and hating Jews. Here is a look at the history of this phenomenon.
Free Speech for Me But Not for Thee
The government is threatening to change the FCC’s equal-time rule and even put broadcast giants out of business because they may paint the war in Iran in an unflattering light, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
Imperial Decline in the Strait of Hormuz
By exploring the geopolitical implications of Washington’s latest intervention in Iran, Alfred McCoy says it’s possible to imagine how Trump’s war of choice might well become Washington’s very own version of the Suez crisis.
Trump’s Unjust & Unconstitutional War
If the U.S. gets into the business of congressional ratification of presidentially initiated wars, it will continue the slow and inexorable normalization of presidential force, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. That’s not what the Constitution requires.
Trump’s Cruelty Is Strangling Cuba
Oil shipments to Cuba have virtually stopped, writes Marjorie Cohn. Lack of electricity has led to widespread blackouts, impacting hospitals and essential services. Cuba’s oil reserves could be totally depleted by March.
Jeffrey Sachs to UN: No US War on Iran
The current threat of an attack by the U.S. did not begin with any failure by Iran to negotiate. On the contrary, it began with the United States’ repudiation of negotiations that had already succeeded.
Israel on the Brink
Amid the largest genocide of this century in Gaza and the violent ethnic cleansing on the West Bank, two prominent Jewish historians believe that one democratic secular state in Palestine is not only achievable but inevitable, writes Stefan Moore.