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Patrick Lawrence: Israel Runs the U.S. No, the U.S. Runs Israel. No, Wait …

Patrick Lawrence: Israel Runs the U.S. No, the U.S. Runs Israel. No, Wait …

August 10, 2024 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, ScheerPost

That deranged speech Bibi Netanyahu delivered to a joint session of Congress last month: I cannot get it entirely out of my mind. It did not change anything — neither the Israeli prime minister nor his hosts seem to desire…

We are all just this screwed: Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and our muddled, perverted democracy

We are all just this screwed: Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and our muddled, perverted democracy

May 1, 2016 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Hillary will be the nominee this fall. Time to examine what Bernie achieved and how it might go different next time The consensus is not complete, but it will be soon enough. Bernie Sanders is not going to make it,…

We do what we damn well please: The demented American exceptionalism behind the neo-con foreign policy con

We do what we damn well please: The demented American exceptionalism behind the neo-con foreign policy con

September 17, 2015 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

The right wants to substitute religious belief and ideology for reality and smarts. The Iran deal won’t derail them A few blocks south of where I sit, the 70th General Assembly just opened in the U.N.’s glass slab on Manhattan’s East…

After the genocide: What’s next for Gaza and the hope for Middle East peace?

After the genocide: What’s next for Gaza and the hope for Middle East peace?

August 6, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Nearly 2,000 are dead and a cease-fire brings little peace of mind. But there may be glimmers of hope after tragedy Now that Israel has finally let up on what looks like a genocidal campaign in Gaza, I cannot think…

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