(2 comments) SHARE        Friday, September 20, 2013
Toothless policies and toothy publics This is about the growing gap between governing elites and the public, mainly with regard to America, but also Europe.

(8 comments) SHARE        Monday, August 26, 2013
Syria and sarin: such is politics On the nonsense surrounding the UN investigation into the use of chemical weapons in Syria.

(7 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Edward Snowden and the Gentlemen's Trash Talk Fareed Zakaria, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Richard Haas, and Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal all ganged up on Edward Snowden last weekend. i thought these gentlemen of the establishment needed to be answered.

(10 comments) SHARE        Saturday, June 8, 2013
The Dark Side of Obama's Government This article is about the Faustian bargain that, somewhere along the way, Obama has struck with the military-security complex.

(1 comments) SHARE        Monday, April 22, 2013
The Terror Next Time What if the Boston bombers were two Pakistani kids whose family had been wiped out by an Obama drone strike? Americans might finally get an idea of the horror they've been responsible for.

(1 comments) SHARE        Monday, March 4, 2013
Zero Light Thirty (or Twenty, Whatever) A very different take on the raid on Abbottabad, questioning the veracity of the event. The article starts with the observation that in seven months, the CIA neither saw nor heard OBL.

(1 comments) SHARE        Monday, December 26, 2011
The Touchy-Feely Propaganda of 60 Minutes A reflection on propaganda, American-style. I discuss President Obama's interview on 60 Minutes after the raid on Osama bin Laden's residence in Pakistan.

(5 comments) SHARE        Saturday, December 24, 2011
The touchy-feely propaganda of 60 Minutes This is a reflection on propaganda, American-style. I talk about the nature of propaganda, comparing how the North Korean anchorwoman tearfully read the death announcement on President Kim Jong Il, and the 60 Minutes interview with President Obama last May, after the raid on Osama bin Laden's house.

(3 comments) SHARE        Saturday, September 24, 2011
It must be strange to be Israeli This article points out that since the Palestinians will not leave their land, just what does Israel intend to do? There seems to be national denial on this question, and national denial is an odd but global poltical phenomenon. I compare it with the 30 years of deficits in America.

(1 comments) SHARE        Thursday, September 8, 2011
NATIONAL PATRIOTIC SPLURGE WEEK This is a follow-up article to my earlier one, "9-11 WAS A NATIONAL JOB." In it I recap that guilt for 9-11 extends not just to those who committed the deed but to those who help to cover it up and those who have no stomach for the truth. So there will be no new investigation beyond the books and article on the Internet.

(28 comments) SHARE        Thursday, September 1, 2011
9-11 was a national job This is a wider perspective on 9-11, starting with the widespead belief that the event was not brought about by Al Qaeda but Americans. The responsibility for the event, therefore, extends across the nation, not with a small coterie.