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Constructive Responses to ISIS
The conclusion about how to deal with ISIS would perhaps begin to shift if we asked a few pointed questions.
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Sanders, Standards and Sandinistas: Line-Item Vetoes in Political Morality
One of the more curious sideline elements in the 2016 Democratic primary came in a debate conducted by Univision between Sanders and Clinton.
The Global Trade in Guantánamo Captives
The US largely did not capture the prisoners it continues to hold at Guantanamo — it bought them.
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Neoliberalism: Can the Middle Class Endure Another Clinton?
The idea of neoliberalism implies a consensus across the political spectrum about markets, finances, unions, and public services.
A Multi-Trillion-Dollar Bridge to Nowhere in the Greater Middle East
Washington finds itself drawn ever deeper into conflicts that, once begun, become interminable — wars for which the US military has yet to devise a plausible solution.
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Education, Beauty and Civility: Beyond the Absence of War
It is not simply the absence of war that creates prosperity or the preservation of good things — an enriched sense of civility does that.
US Army Chaplain Resigns in Opposition to Use of Assassin Drones by the United States
Antal wrote, “We have sanitized killing and condoned extrajudicial assassinations ... ”
The Cost of Violence: What Principles Rule the World?
Noam Chomsky: Citizens of rich and powerful states, who enjoy an unusual legacy of freedom, privilege and opportunity now face choices as to how to respond to challenges of …
Visiting Refugee Camps in Athens and Facilities in Germany
While the United States has closed its borders to fleeing people, the countries of Europe deal with the human crisis as best they can
A Road Not Taken: The Dream of the Peace Dividend
Achieving a peace dividend is impossible due to military waste, the growth of the US empire and a passive population.