My last post but one asked, Does Washington want war with Iran? It noted the many pundits, critical of the USA, who also deem it subservient to Israel through such as the AIPAC. Thanks to that subservience, they further claim, there’s … Read More »
Amid the red mists of war, and swirling uncertainty of times which bear out Lenin’s adage that there are decades when nothing happens – and weeks where decades happen, commentators who’ve earned the right to be taken seriously may differ … Read More »
It’s difficult to ascertain the level of seriousness of French President Emmanuel Macron’s threat to send 2,000 of his country’s forces into Ukraine. In early March I wrote that: It’s the highest level admission yet that an underequipped, undertrained and … Read More »
Spoiler alert. In Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle, the fictitious Caribbean island of San Lorenzo is ruled by dictator “Papa” Monzano; a fierce opponent of Bokononism. Indeed, Bokononists risk death by impalement if caught engaging in the cult’s most sacred ritual … Read More »
Today is the holiest of the year for non-Orthodox Christians. Millions will pay tribute to a man they say was the Son of God, sent to earth in human form to preach and work miracles then go as foretold to … Read More »
When, around six-thirty pm on March 27, I posted Maria Zhakarova’s tweeted response (below) to the Julian ruling, I knew her only through her media statements as Kremlin spokeswoman – she does not care for “spokesperson” – at the Foreign … Read More »
Two posts ago I placed the departure of Victoria Nuland as acting Undersecretary of State in the context of a decades old rift in Washington, between Russia hawks and China hawks. I said her going signalled the strategic defeat of … Read More »
Even while rubber tramping the northwest fens, I was mulling over this abrupt departure. It’s not the first time of course. She also left the State Department in January 2017, when Donald Trump took office with declared intent – soon … Read More »
Many of us ask ourselves, “what would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow South? Or apartheid? What would I do if my country was committing genocide?” The answer is, you’re doing it. Right now. Aaron … Read More »
To cheers from the crowd outside the Royal Courts of So-Called, a silver Mercedes driver honks furiously … … but she’s the exception. There’s no shortage of horn play but it’s mostly from work vehicles. A 76 toots as it … Read More »