Revisionist History Day, 2016
May 31, 2016
Monday was Revisionist History Day, what others call Memorial Day. Americans are supposed to remember the country’s war dead while being thankful that they protected our freedom and served our country. However, reading revisionist history (see a sampling below) or alternative news sites (start with Antiwar.com and don’t forget to listen to the Scott Horton […]
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Memorializing the Horrors of War With 10 Must-See War Films
May 30, 2016
“The horror… the horror…” – Apocalypse Now (1979) “You can’t show war as it really is on the screen, with all the blood and gore. Perhaps it would be better if you could fire real shots over the audience’s head every night, you know, and have actual casualties in the theater.” – Sam Fuller, film […]
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Al-Qaeda Linked Leader Visits US – To Lobby US Government!
May 27, 2016
Most Americans would think that after 9/11 and the four trillion dollar, 15 year “war on terror” that followed, the US government might actually wish to prevent individuals from visiting the country who are affiliated with al-Qaeda. Sadly, they would be wrong. The McClatchy News Service reports that Labib al Nahhas, an official in the […]
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The New State Department Report on Hillary’s Email, and Why it Matters
May 27, 2016
The State Department Inspector General’s (IG) investigation report leaked out a day early on May 25 makes a number of significant points. These matter, and need to be considered by anyone voting in November. What’s in the IG Report Neither Clinton nor any of her senior staff would participate in the IG’s investigation. Clinton never […]
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Obama’s Hiroshima Speech Was Lovely, Frustrating, and Infuriating
May 27, 2016
President Obama’s #apology tour keeps a-rollin’ on, am I right? No, hang on. As unforgivable as Obama has been on foreign policy in myriad ways — and how much worse, perhaps, a Clinton or any Republican ever might be with the help of Obama’s drone precedents — there is something about him which almost looks […]
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Syrian Islamists Fight for Practical Reasons, Not Ideological Ones
May 26, 2016
Our main story today is a new study which involved personal interviews with over 300 Syrians to understand why so many have joined the ongoing civil war. Interviews were conducted with people who have already participated in the war and those actively considering it, as well as family and community members. The study found that […]
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James Bovard on the Cost of the War on Terror
May 26, 2016
James Bovard talks about the war on terror, which he says has cost the U.S. $4 trillion since it began in 2001.
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Andrew Bacevich Talk: ‘Has U.S. Foreign Policy Since the End of the Cold War Made America Safer?’
May 26, 2016
On May 18, 2016 the Charles Koch Institute hosted “Advancing American Security: The Future of U.S. Foreign Policy” to examine current U.S. foreign and defense policies. During his opening address, renowned military historian Andrew Bacevich surveyed the recent history of U.S. engagement in the world and assessed whether it has made America safer.
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Court Decision Grants Shocking New Government Powers
May 24, 2016
Harvard law professor and former Obama Administration official Cass Sunstein has written approvingly recently about a recent Supreme Court decision which affirms a 1997 case that determined that Executive Branch agencies have the authority to interpret the meaning of the regulations they write. What this means is that the Legislative Branch and the Judicial Branch […]
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Hammering for Peace
May 24, 2016
Last winter, at the Voices home/office in Chicago, we welcomed two friends who were in town for a Mennonite church gathering focused on the symbol of beating swords into plowshares. Their project embraces a vision from the biblical “Book of Isaiah” which longs for the day when “they shall beat their swords into plowshares and […]
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