John Mearsheimer on The Case for Antiwar.com
August 29, 2023
John Mearsheimer is the Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and one of the leading foreign policy scholars in America. Here’s what he has to say to you. Dear Antiwar.com Reader, One would think that in a venerable liberal democracy like the United States, there would be open […]
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When Oppenheimer Caved to Hollywood, While Einstein Resisted
August 29, 2023
Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood. A couple weeks back, I revealed how Robert Oppenheimer, despite deep reservations about the script (“idiotic”) and its many falsehoods, signed a release for MGM in 1946 allowing them to portray him in the first movie about the Bomb, The Beginning or the […]
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Dan Sanchez: A Note about My Health
August 28, 2023
Photo by Birger Strahl on Unsplash I have some hard news to share. I recently had a seizure. After undergoing tests, I was diagnosed with stage-4 lung cancer (although I have never smoked) that has spread to my brain. The average life expectancy of those with my condition is very short. (Editor’s Note: Please consider […]
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Did Truman Ever Read John Hersey’s Hiroshima?
August 28, 2023
Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood. Seventy-seven years ago this week, an article by novelist and war reporter John Hersey (photo above), titled simply “Hiroshima,” occupied the entire feature section of the August 31, 1946, issue of The New Yorker. Soon it would be hailed by many as one […]
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Conflicts of Interest: Biden Is Ready to Fight Russia Until the Last Ukrainian
August 28, 2023
On COI #460, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman discuss news from Russia and the Middle East. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
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Truman Got Actor Fired Off First Atomic Film
August 26, 2023
Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood. A bizarre, yet revealing, postscript to President Truman re-writing of the first movie about the atomic bomb, from MGM, The Beginning or the End – covered here yesterday – was provided by Roman “Bud” Bohnen, the actor who portrayed the president in the original […]
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Conflicts of Interest: Is the White House Considering a Plea Deal for Julian Assange? guest Misty Winston
August 25, 2023
Misty Winston returns to the show to discuss Biden’s war on journalism. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
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When Truman Re-Wrote the First Movie on the Atomic Bomb
August 25, 2023
Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood. In late-October 1946, a near-final version of the first Hollywood drama depicting the creation and use of the atomic bomb was screened for an elite audience at the Naval Building auditorium in Washington, D.C., including leading journalists and top aides to President Harry […]
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Can We Finally Have Peace on the Korean Peninsula After 70 Years?
August 25, 2023
July 27, 2023 is a historic date for the American veterans who participated in the Korean War. It will be the 70th anniversary of the signing of the temporary Military Armistice Agreement that stopped the fighting after two years of over 575 talks between warring parties. Three days of events in Washington, DC from July […]
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It’s Time to End the Toxic US-Saudi Relationship
August 24, 2023
Human Rights Watch released a new report on how Saudi forces have been killing Ethiopian migrants by the hundreds and possibly even the thousands over the last year and a half: Saudi border guards have killed at least hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers who tried to cross the Yemen-Saudi border between March 2022 […]
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