Peace and Security
Corporate Tax Deserters
Corporations love to wrap themselves in the flag with sun-drenched TV commercials that proclaim a deep devotion to American workers and communities. But when it comes to actually taking responsibility for supporting the workers and communities that create the...
Making Windmills out of Warplanes
With the Islamic State's rise, Libya's slide back into civil war, and the conflict brewing between Ukraine and Russia, there's plenty to fear these days. Maybe you've always believed you could count on the U.S. military to protect you from dangers like those, and that...
Forcing an Island of Peace to Host a Billion-Dollar Military Base
Back in the spring, an Asian tragedy fleetingly made headlines when an overloaded ferryboat sank on its way to South Korea's Jeju Island. Nearly 300 people aboard the Sewol ferry perished, mostly children. We've been hearing way less about the tragedy unfolding on the...
Bombing Syria Will Only Make Things Worse
President Barack Obama’s decision to bomb Syria stands in stark violation of international law, the UN Charter, and the requirements of the U.S. Constitution. It contradicts his own commitment, stated a year ago in the UN General Assembly, to reverse Washington’s...
The Next Round of an Unwinnable War Beckons
Once again, a U.S. president vows to eliminate an extremist militia in the Middle East to make the region, and Americans, safe. And that means it's time again for a reality check. Having failed in its bid to destroy the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, the United...
Bombing at a Press Conference Beats Mindlessly Flexing Military Might
The latest conservative fad is beating up President Barack Obama for being too squeamish about exerting military force. The Republicans he defeated in 2008 and 2012 are prime examples. The government shouldn't "jettison our reliance on U.S. strength," lectured Mitt...
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...
