Jodie Evans and Andrew Behar

June 26, 2018

Our investments are funding war, guns, and militarism at home and around the world. From our personal investments to state pension plans to university trusts, the money that individuals and communities are using for retirement, long-term planning, and even higher education is subsidizing violence in our backyards and other nations. The good news is we […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

June 25, 2018

The US government has warned its jihadist allies in southwest Syria that there would no US military rescue from their impending defeat by Syrian government forces. With one of the last pockets of ISIS and al-Qaeda cleaned out of Syria, though, what’s the point of the US presence at all? Tune in to today’s Ron […]

Daniel Larison

June 25, 2018

Originally appeared on The American Conservative. The Trump administration is pressing ahead with its worthless “peace plan” for Israel and Palestine: Asked by the newspaper’s editor, Walid Abu-Zalaf, about an Abbas spokesman’s dismissal of Mr. Kushner’s trip as a “waste of time” that was “bound to fail,” Mr. Kushner said he believed Palestinian leaders were […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

June 21, 2018

President Trump is dropping bombs at a record pace. Even though the US is technically not at war, in the first year of the Trump Administration some 44,000 bombs were dropped overseas. In the entire eight years of the Bush Administration 70,000 bombs were dropped and under eight years of “Peace President” Obama 100,000 were […]

Daniel Larison

June 20, 2018

Originally appeared on The American Conservative. The International Rescue Committee dismissed Saudi coalition “relief” plan for Yemen as a public relations gimmick: The “relief” plan announced by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to protect civilians living in Hodeidah as they attack the port city is a publicity stunt by the Saudi-led coalition (SLC) […]

Kathy Kelly

June 19, 2018

In the state of Georgia’s Glynn County Detention Center, four activists await trial stemming from their nonviolent action, on April 4, 2018, at the Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay. In all, seven Catholic plowshares activists acted that day, aiming to make real the prophet Isaiah’s command to "beat swords into plowshares." The Kings Bay is […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

June 19, 2018

President Trump surprised his audience at the National Space Council yesterday when he announced that he would create a new “Space Force” to be “separate but equal” to the US Air Force. Congress must act to create a new branch of military service, but will the power of the military lobbyists win the day? Is […]

Daniel Larison

June 18, 2018

Originally appeared on The American Conservative. Trump announced that he is ordering the creation of a “Space Force” as a new branch of the military. Among other problems with this proposal is that creating a new branch is entirely unnecessary: But the idea has faced resistance from senior Pentagon officials. Last fall, Rogers and Coopers’ […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

June 18, 2018

The State Department has warned the Syrian government not to liberate territory in the southwest of the country from the hold of ISIS and al-Qaeda, but the Syrian government has persisted in building up troops for a liberation. This morning, a mysterious attack on Syrian troops has killed some 52 persons. The Syrians are blaming […]

William Astore

June 17, 2018

Weekends are a good time to sit back, reflect, and think. Here are a few ideas I’ve been thinking about: 1. Remember 9/11/2001? Of course you do. Almost everyone back then seemed to compare it to Pearl Harbor, another date that would live in infamy – and that was a big mistake. In 1941, the […]