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Recent Pieces
- “Among the Palestinians.” October 20, 2026
- PATRICK LAWRENCE: Honoring Frances Stonor Saunders October 16, 2026
- PATRICK LAWRENCE: Swiss Neutrality & its Enemies October 15, 2026
- PATRICK LAWRENCE: In Praise of French Students October 9, 2026
- “Trump’s war with the ‘liberal’ press.” October 1, 2026
Recent Comments
- The Palestinians won in The Hague – Current Concerns on A Conversation With Richard Falk
- The US Seeing Itself & Others as They Are – Consortium News – The Other News on American exceptionalism and American innocence: The misleading history and messages of the 9/11 Memorial Museum
- Seeing Ourselves & Others as We Are – Consortium News – The Other News on American exceptionalism and American innocence: The misleading history and messages of the 9/11 Memorial Museum
- Susan Steffner on “Iran as ‘the evil one.’”
- Mao Cheng Ji on “Europe’s latest intelligence fakes.”
PATRICK LAWRENCE: To Whom Are Our Liars Lying & What Is the Point of Their Lies?
In America’s late-imperial phase, conjured realities are preferable to reality. The creak of history’s wheel has become unbearable such that forlorn attempts to silence it are the only remaining resort. To make the case that those who purport to lead…