On the Life of William Norman Grigg
April 14, 2017
One of the greatest joys of my life was being able to work right next to William Norman Grigg at The New American magazine from 1994-2001 in Appleton, Wisconsin. I had been one of the staffers who had moved out from Belmont, Massachusetts to Appleton in 1989, and he was quickly added to the magazine’s […]
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Ron Paul Asks: Does Anybody Know What Our Russia Policy Is?
April 13, 2017
After steadily-increasing tension under the Obama Administration, candidate Trump wondered why it was a bad thing to get along with Russia. Hillary Clinton promised more of the confrontational Obama approach. More conflict. The people chose Trump. What happened? President Trump has thus far brought us closer to war with Russia than at any time since […]
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Justin Raimondo on NPR: Trump Supporters Abandoning Him Over Syria Strike
April 13, 2017
Antiwar.com editorial director Justin Raimondo on NPR’s “Here and Now” this morning about Trump supporters abandoning him over last week’s US missile attack on Syria. Listen here: http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2017/04/13/far-right-trump-syria
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Stephen Kinzer on How the Press Gets Seduced By War
April 13, 2017
From WNYC Radio: Last week, President Trump ordered the firing of 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles on Syria in retaliation against the chemical attack allegedly committed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against his own people. The coverage of the strikes appeared to present a stark choice between good and evil, rather than a Gordian knot of […]
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Stephen Cohen on Today’s Tillerson-Putin Meeting
April 12, 2017
Tucker Carlson interviews Professor Stephen Cohen about the heating up of US-Russian relations and today’s meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
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Will Grigg Was a Mighty Voice for Justice and Liberty
April 12, 2017
William Norman Grigg died this afternoon. He was a journalist, broadcaster, editor, musician, father, husband, and a self-described Christian Individualist. He was also my hero. Will’s main beat was stories about individual victims of the state: particularly Americans who have been unjustly imprisoned or wrongfully assaulted by government officers. His research for each article was […]
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William Norman Grigg, RIP
April 12, 2017
I have just received the very sad news that our good friend and freedom-fighter Will Grigg, has passed away. He was 54. Will was a long-time activist and writer against war and state power. He had recently co-founded The Libertarian Institute with Jared Labell, Scott Horton, and Sheldon Richman. Will is survived by his wife […]
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Ron Paul: US Attack on Syria Is To Prop Up the Military-Industrial Complex
April 11, 2017
Interviewed Monday by Kennedy at Fox Business, Ron Paul challenged the contention that the United States government was acting in accord with good intentions in attacking Syria last week. Instead, Paul suggests a big motivation was generating profit for the military-industrial complex. Discussing the reason for the attack, the Ron Paul Institute Chairman and former […]
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Found in Cuba: The American Dream (and Nightmare)
April 11, 2017
Originally posted at TomDispatch. It has to be one of the oddities of our history: the near-obsessive level of attention that, for almost 60 years, Washington has lavished on a modest-sized, impoverished island-nation of little strategic importance 90 miles off our southern coast. I’m talking, of course, about Cuba, which the U.S. has embargoed since […]
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Intel Professionals: Trump Should Rethink Syria Escalation
April 11, 2017
Two dozen ex-U.S. intelligence officials urge President Trump to rethink his claims blaming the Syrian government for the chemical deaths in Idlib and to pull back from his dangerous escalation of tensions with Russia MEMORANDUM FOR: The PresidentFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)SUBJECT: Syria: Was It Really “A Chemical Weapons Attack”? 1 – We […]
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