On the eve of America’s 250th anniversary, Americans are asked to accept and pay for a government that knows more about us than we do about it, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
A Requiem for Privacy
Tag: President Richard Nixon
Escalating the Escalation
Greg Grandin provides a short history of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Al-Qaeda Goes to Washington
Al–Sharaa’s White House visit is a reminder of Washington’s longstanding abhorrence of democratic processes and anyone — beyond the perimeter of the West and sometimes within it — who stands for them.
Vietnamese Still Uncompensated for Agent-Orange
Fifty years later, the impacts of the war on victims of the U.S. defoliation operation have never ended, writes Marjorie Cohn. U.S. Rep. Tlaib is trying to provide recompense.
Vijay Prashad: Strangling Venezuela’s Economy
What the United States did to Chile between 1970 and 1973 is precisely what they have been doing to Venezuela since Trump’s 2017 “maximum pressure” campaign.
A Switch in Time?
Andrew P. Napolitano on Tulsi Gabbard’s abandonment of the people’s constitutional protection from spying under the Fourth Amendment.
Why Jimmy Carter Pardoned Draft Resisters
Gerry Condon recalls the years of determined resistance and organizing that led the late president to pardon draft resisters.
AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Trump II & the Middle East
There are always hopes — so far proven unfounded — that in a second term an American president will be kinder to the Arabs.
Harris, Trump & the Race to Oblivion
The next administration will be confronted with distinctly ominous decisions about the already monstrous U.S. nuclear arsenal, writes Michael Klare.
The FBI ‘Visits’ Scott Ritter
Andrew P. Napolitano on the Patriot Act’s destruction of the Fourth Amendment wall between law enforcement and spying.