President Trump’s troika of generals may ease public fears about his irascible unpredictability, but they also are busy padding the U.S. military budget and fattening up friendly arms manufacturers, JP Sottile writes.
The Rise of the New McCarthyism
New Earthquake Leaves Mexico on Edge
North Korea’s Rational Nuclear Strategy
A favorite tactic of U.S. propaganda is to label a foreign adversary “crazy” to justify a military attack — as is now happening with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un although his nuclear program really makes logical sense, observes Ted Snider.
WPost Pushes More Dubious Russia-bashing
What We Do — and Why
Vote by Iraqi Kurds Adds to Tensions
Hersh Receives Adams Award for Integrity
Israel’s Stall-Forever ‘Peace’ Plan
Trump Threatens a Genocide
The Crazy Imbalance of Russia-gate
Exclusive: If the U.S. government and mainstream media are really concerned about foreign influence in American politics, they might look at Israel and other nations with much more clout than Russia, notes Robert Parry.
The Killing of History
PBS’ “The Vietnam War” may show some of the conflict’s horrors but still soft-pedals the horrific war crimes that America inflicted on Vietnam, fitting with a corporate-dependent documentary project, writes John Pilger.
Civil Society Rises to Confront Disasters
How Merkel’s Win May Hide Rising Discontent
Trump, a Boorish Interventionist
More Holes in Russia-gate Narrative
Exclusive: New tests support the skepticism of U.S. intelligence veterans that Russia “hacked” the DNC’s computers, pointing instead to a download of emails by an insider, write ex-NSA official William Binney and ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern.
PBS’ ‘Vietnam War’ Tells Some Truths
Trump Falls in Line with Interventionism
An Escalating North Korea Crisis
With President Trump demeaning North Korea’s leader as “Rocket Man” and threatening to “totally destroy” North Korea, tensions over Kim Jong Un’s nuclear missile program grow worse, as Dennis J Bernstein reports.