Sergei Lavrov’s recent comments are a case of the subtext being vastly larger than the text.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Russia’s Turn From the West
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Patrick Lawrence: The End of Global Leadership
This president’s signature project — America will lead democratic nations in a crusade against the world’s authoritarians — is virtually nowhere taken seriously.
Patrick Lawrence: What Is Said & What Is Done
John Pilger: Silencing the Lambs: How Propaganda Works
Leni Riefenstahl said her epic films glorifying the Nazis depended on a “submissive void” in the German public. This is how propaganda is done.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Outsider Among Us
Empiricism vs. Ideology
If you examine evidence without pre-conceived notions your conclusions won’t fall neatly into camps but will be all over the political map.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Mess They Made of 2023
Prisoners of Context
Despite Israel’s abusive behavior, Palestinian resistance is never seen as warranted, writes Lawrence Davidson. Israel must respond to that resistance as matter of self-defense.
IMPEACHMENT: Biden Under Formal Investigation
Patrick Lawrence writes that Joe Biden, a.k.a. “the Big Guy,” will be formally investigated on accumulating evidence he participated and benefited from his son Hunter’s years of manifestly criminal conniving.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Gaza & Confronting Power
The American state, broadly defined, is well on its way toward a form of apple-pie absolutism, forcing distorted meanings not merely on three university administrators but on all of us.