The Explosion Inside Trump’s War Machine: Joe Kent Resigns
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The Explosion Inside Trump’s War Machine: Joe Kent Resigns
Joe Kent’s resignation is not an anomaly but an alarm: elite dissent is surfacing early because this war is built on deception. Joe Kent’s resignation is
Neurotic Killer Clowns Attack Public Forests
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Neurotic Killer Clowns Attack Public Forests
Americans who love the great outdoors are witnessing Trump’s “Plunder America First” public forest liquidation program – up close and personal. National
Strangers in a Strange Land: Dennis Walder and His Secret Jewish Mother
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Strangers in a Strange Land: Dennis Walder and His Secret Jewish Mother
The Algerian-born French novelist, Albert Camus, a pied-noir, began his existentialist classic, The Stranger, with the now memorable words, “Mother died
Settting the Record Straight on Vaccines and Autism
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Settting the Record Straight on Vaccines and Autism
In the aftermath of Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy’s repeated and dangerous misinformation campaign inaccurately linking vaccines to autism,
Mandatory Conscription Makes War Easier, Not Harder to Fight
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Mandatory Conscription Makes War Easier, Not Harder to Fight
Recently, commentators from various places on the US political spectrum have discussed and even called for the reinstitution of mandatory conscription.
Unexpected Gifts: Beijing and Moscow Gain from Trump’s War
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Unexpected Gifts: Beijing and Moscow Gain from Trump’s War
I have previously commented about the strategic blunders the Trump regime has made in its war on Iran. Add this one: the gains both China and Russia have
Conservationists Sue the Forest Service to Stop Cooke City Deforestation Project on the Border of Yellowstone National Park
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Conservationists Sue the Forest Service to Stop Cooke City Deforestation Project on the Border of Yellowstone National Park
The Cooke City area of Montana has one of the healthiest whitebark pine forests in the region. Yet now, the Forest Service wants to apply an unscientific
Aliens to Earth: Heads Talking into Cameras, Please Stop!
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Aliens to Earth: Heads Talking into Cameras, Please Stop!
Years ago, I made it to the big time and was interviewed for a segment on one of the primetime television “news magazines.“ I spruced myself up, put on a
The Iran war is Immoral, Illegal and a Colossal Waste of Money
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The Iran war is Immoral, Illegal and a Colossal Waste of Money
President Donald Trump’s imperialist assault on Iran, which has claimed countless innocent lives, and will take many more before it’s finished, is an
Blocking Fertilisers: The Hormuz Strait and Agricultural Shock
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Blocking Fertilisers: The Hormuz Strait and Agricultural Shock
The closure of virtually all commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz occasioned by the Iran War is not merely a matter of oil and gas, the usual
The Shield of Monroism: The Angry Tide and the Neo-Colonial Order in Latin America
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The Shield of Monroism: The Angry Tide and the Neo-Colonial Order in Latin America
The Summit in Miami On 7 March 2026, at the Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami, Donald Trump inaugurated the “Shield of the Americas” summit,
The US/Israel War on Iran w/ Yassamine Mather
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The Illegal War on Iran w/ Yassamine Mather
On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Eric Draitser talks with Yassamine Mather about the Israel/US war on Iran, its geopolitical ramifications, Iranian
The Ghost of Ali Shariati Dances with the Epstein Empire
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The Ghost of Ali Shariati Dances with the Epstein Empire
Trump has seriously fucked up in the Middle East this time, and even he knows it. In the first two weeks alone of Bibi and Donald's latest savage
This Jew Does Not Believe In The Promised Land:
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This Jew Does Not Believe In The Promised Land:
Tell me, should I feel guilt due to my anger-engendered desire for the collective butchers of Gaza (and Lebanon and Iran) i.e., Zionist true believers to
The End of Venetian Painting: A Very Short Story
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The End of Venetian Painting: A Very Short Story
In an earlier essay, "Relics/Icons/Paintings: A Very Short History of Venetian Painting,” I traced the origins of Venetian painting. Here, continuing the
Missiles, Memes, and Masculinity
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Which Madman Would You Trust? A Glyph
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Which Madman Would You Trust? A Glyph
Architecture of Cities: Mapping Beauty XXVL
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Architecture of Cities: Mapping Beauty XXVL
Truthful Fictions I land in cities to meet head on a type of tale. It might seem that I am in an asylum: Realties abound but tales of fiction and non
Little Big Brother at The Carlisle: Censorship at San Francisco Senior Living Facility
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Little Big Brother at The Carlisle: Censorship at San Francisco Senior Living Facility
Life in senior communities has been dissected in two recent shows: Man on the Inside with Ted Danson and The Thursday Murder Club starring Helen