PATRICK LAWRENCE: Hearts Versus Minds September 7, 2022 There is a time-honored and destructive tradition in the U.S. of citizens approaching their political causes with blind faith. Read more →
JOHN PILGER: Silencing the Lambs — How Propaganda Works September 7, 2022 Leni Riefenstahl said her epic films glorifying the Nazis depended on a “submissive void” in the German public. This is how propaganda is done. Read more →
The Historic Collapse of Journalism September 6, 2022 Accuracy no longer matters. Witnessing no longer matters. Conformity matters, writes Patrick Lawrence. Read more →
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Pelosi Fallout August 9, 2022 The U.S. now operates as a bulwark against time and history — a hopeless but destructive project. Read more →
PATRICK LAWRENCE: 21st Century Order July 25, 2022 As a piece of the new world order that is under construction, Putin’s trip to Tehran last week was of singular importance. Read more →
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Imaginary War July 13, 2022 It began when the Biden regime and the press misrepresented Russian aims in Ukraine. All else has flowed from it. Read more →
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Who Should Control Foreign Policy? June 27, 2022 Proposing that foreign policy be subjected to democratic processes is a call, essentially, to revolution. Read more →
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Biden’s Summit of No-Shows June 14, 2022 This could prove an historic shift, reversing more than a century of usually coercive influence in Latin America. Read more →
US State-Affiliated NewsGuard Targets Consortium News June 2, 2022 The Pentagon and State Dept.-linked outfit, with an ex-N.S.A. and C.I.A. director on its board, is accusing Consortium News of publishing “false content” on Ukraine, reports Joe Lauria. Read more →
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Biden’s Taiwan Talk May 31, 2022 We are witnessing the gradual dismantling of strategic ambiguity in favor of the clarity urged by Trump’s belligerent secretary of state, Mike Pompeo. Read more →