The Heart of the Matter

Wow. As Blade said in the eponymous movie, “The world you live in is just a sugar-coated topping. There is another world beneath it—the real...

I think the primary reason Trump provokes such strong revulsion in some quarters is that he represents the id of the America empire—the hide...

UPDATE: A friend at Amazon saw this post, looked into it, and informed me that the whole thing was a mistake: my second review did indeed p...

If you’re not familiar with Noam Chomsky’s insights into the real causes and consequences of US foreign policy, The Myth of American Idealis...

There is no way to read Annie Jacobsen's Nuclear War: A Scenario and conclude other than that nuclear abolition should be a top priorit...

1.  INTRODUCTION I know I’ve been posting a lot about the war in Ukraine. It’s a preoccupation for three reasons: (i) I think our rulers hav...

Just p osted my Amazon customer review of Scott Horton ’ s outstanding Provoked , the definitive guide to what really caused and continues t...