Peace and Security
When All You’ve Got Is a Hammer
Mission Never-Ending
Ready or not, here we go again. The Pentagon is barreling back into the chaos of Iraq. Apparently, "Mission Accomplished" is "Mission Never-ending." The government says that, for now, America will only provide jet fighters, drones, weaponry, humanitarian airdrops,...
Greasing the Path to Military Intervention
What explains the never-ending justifications for U.S. involvement in Middle Eastern conflicts? In a word: oil. Sure, President Barack Obama may have dropped food and water on that desolate Iraqi mountaintop out of humanitarian concern for the persecuted Yazidi...
Ferguson Exposes the Creeping Militarization of Police Forces
The tragedies unfolding in Ferguson, Missouri, are doubly infuriating.First, there is the obvious outrage of yet another unarmed black teenager being stopped by one of the town's white police officers as he was walking to his grandmother's home. A scuffle...
Racism Goes Postal
Violating International Law in Gaza
As Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip rages on, ceasefires come and go. Most last just long enough for Palestinians to dig out the dead from beneath their collapsed houses, get the injured to overcrowded and under-resourced hospitals, and seek enough food and water to...
Obama’s Mythical Retreat from Military Force
Here's a thought: The Iraq War boosters who enthusiastically promoted the idea that a violent invasion would deliver a stable democracy should keep their opinions about the next U.S. war to themselves. For many pundits and (mostly) Republican politicians, the Obama...
Running for Their Lives: The Child Migrant Crisis
As the Department of Homeland Security tries to deliver busloads of Central American children and families to places of temporary safety, shrieking demonstrators in California, Arizona, and other states are barring the way and demanding these kids be dumped over the...
Not Much Better than Bush
President Barack Obama got it right when he declared: "There's no military solution inside of Iraq, certainly not one that is led by the United States." But his Iraq track record doesn't mark much of an improvement over the mess his predecessor made. The June takeover...
Hillary Clinton’s Real Scandal Is Honduras, Not Benghazi
Is it too soon to predict who will be the next president of the United States? Without officially declaring her intention to run again, Hillary Clinton has cornered Democratic frontrunner status. Given the weak and crowded Republican field, that makes her the...
