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Here’s how we defeat the vulgarians: Bill Maher, wrong-headed neocons, and the real answer to “radical Islam”
We need an honest response to Charlie Hebdo. Start by remembering how 9/11 felt before Bush hijacked it for war A lot of garbage has spewed from people unworthy of our attention since the attacks in Paris last week, and…
After Charlie Hebdo, There’s One Good Way Forward
There is only one way to honor the victims of political or ideological violence properly. We give meaning to meaningless tragedy by turning it to positive purpose. This is the task in response to the horrors inflicted on Parisians last…
Why 2015 Will Make or Break a Spate of Global Alliances
U.S., Russia, Iran, China, Europe all face loyalty tests Call it the “Year of Tenuous Ties” as new alliances take shape Obama has to rethink his approach to both Russia and China Last January this column nominated 2014 as “the…
Beyond the foreign policy lies: Our compliant media and the truth about American exceptionalism
A new year begins, and America must resolve to do different & better. Here’s a roadmap. It starts with clear eyes We have put away our argyle cardigans, drawn close to the fire, listened to the Crosby records, and roasted…
A New Leader Could Lift Greece—and Europe—Out of Crisis
Monday’s parliamentary vote could signal an end to austerity The social-democrats want to solve the humanitarian crisis first Then stimulate the economy and bring jobs back to Greece It’s all eyes on Athens this week. There have been many significant…
Fallout from Obama’s Russia Strategy Is Spreading through Europe
The Obama administration’s sanctions against Russia, reluctantly supported by the Europeans, bite more deeply every day. But it is also clearer with each daily news report that Russians are not going to suffer alone. Russia’s immediate neighbors and the Europeans…
Paging Keri Russell: Russia, Cuba and the truth about Putin the U.S. media doesn’t want you to know
We are making mayhem in Russia, and reality is almost the opposite of what is being described in the press I cannot be the only one to note the remarkable sequence of events in the Obama White House last week….
We are f***ing sadists: We are not decent, and we are not a democracy
The torture report requires us to look in the mirror — and accurately assess the monster that we see “You’ll comment on the torture report?” a friend in London asked just after the Senate’s revelations came out last week. “No,…
Ukraine Starts Its March to Free-Market Capitalism
Ukraine watchers, to say nothing of Ukrainians, had better fasten their seatbelts. The passage of a former Soviet republic to free-market capitalism is about to begin. None of the players involved in this transition — the Poroshenko government in Kiev,…
These are lies the New York Times wants you to believe about Russia
Our sanctions caused Russia’s downturn. They protect Big Oil, the well-connected, and make the world more dangerous You can look at the Russian economy two ways now and you should. So let’s: It is an important moment in the destruction…
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