William J. Astore takes this coronaviral moment as an opportunity to imagine a more democratic, less bellicose America.
COVID-19: Rethinking Our National Approach
Tag: Military Budget
Budget Woes Sign of a Dysfunctional Empire
Exclusive: The bloated military budget is justified on the assumption that the United States can and should police the entire world, but this approach is fundamentally unsustainable, warns Jonathan Marshall.
America Excels in Business of Death
America may lag behind the developed world in many categories, but it is No. 1 in the “merchant of death” business, experiencing a boom in the commerce of boom, especially in areas destabilized by U.S. invasions, notes JP Sottile.
The War Activists
Having evaded accountability for the Iraq War and other bloody disasters, star neocons William Kristol and Robert Kagan have refashioned their pro-war arguments, dressing them up in humanitarian garb, with glamorous accessories of national greatness, as David Swanson explains.