Exclusive: President Obama said that just because the U.S. military is “the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail” a wise observation but he then confused his foreign policy speech by pandering to neocon narratives on crises in Ukraine and elsewhere,…
Premature US Victory-Dancing on Ukraine
One More Casualty of US Wars
A Reminder About Comments
From Editor Robert Parry: At Consortiumnews, we welcome substantive comments about our articles, but comments should avoid abusive language toward other commenters or our writers, racial or religious slurs, and allegations that are unsupported by facts.
Pope Francis Prays at Two Israeli Walls
NYT’s One-Sided Ukraine Narrative
Can Obama Speak Strongly for Peace?
Doubting Obama’s Resolve to Do Right
Last Call for Spring Fund Drive
WPost Seeks US-Patrolled ‘Safe Zone’ in Syria
Too Many VA Delays, Too Many Wars
The scandal about excessive waiting times for U.S. veterans to get medical coverage is a fresh reminder about the delayed costs from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, indeed from the excessive use of the American military, as Michael Winship…
The State Department’s Ukraine Fiasco
America’s Death-Penalty Fellow Travelers
An inconvenient truth about America’s use of capital punishment is that it puts the U.S. in company with unappealing authoritarian states, like China, Iran and Saudi Arabia, while creating a divide from modern democratic societies in Europe and the Americas, notes ex-CIA…
The Proud Message of Utah Phillips
It is often forgotten that the path to the Great American Middle Class was forged in large part by labor activists and social reformers during the first six decades of the last century, a struggle that left behind a proud…
Jesus Mandate: Peace and Stewardship
Reasons for Intellectual Conformity
Libyan ‘Regime Change’ Worsened Chaos
In Case You Missed…
Some of our special stories from April looked behind the Ukraine crisis, challenged the conventional wisdom on the Syria-Sarin dispute, exposed U.S. hypocrisy on Iran, explained the hard truth about Israeli “apartheid,” and explored Oklahoma’s rush to a ghoulish execution.
Let’s Finish This Spring Fund Drive
From Editor Robert Parry: We are wrapping up our spring fund drive at Consortiumnews.com, but we are still more than $10,000 short of our $25,000 goal. If you value the independent journalism that we provide, please help us get closer…