4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (874+ words) “The Normandy landings were not a gamechanger for the outcome of WWII… The outcome was determined by the Red Army’s victories – mainly, in Stalingrad and Kursk. For three years, the UK and then the US dragged out opening a second…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (749+ words) A failed war does not end when the drones stop flying. It creates a new danger: A government that refuses to admit defeat and a president who, having failed abroad, seeks muscular victories elsewhere. The war against Iran is a…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (284+ words) Gallup found that 91% of Democrats, 90% of independents, and 83% of Republicans believe government corruption is widespread. Americans cannot agree on immigration, taxation, abortion, foreign policy, health care, or the definition of a woman, yet they have reached near-unanimous agreement that the…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (728+ words) I spent the past weekend as a participant in the annual Ron Paul Institute conference that takes place in the Washington area, in northern Virginia. This year the theme was “Front Row at the Revolution” and the circa 500 attendees that…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (444+ words) Reports of Russia’s “Iskander-1000” are not just about a new weapon—they are the logical consequence of Washington’s systematic dismantling of the arms control architecture, which has ultimately backfired against the US. In addition to the Aegis Ashore and Typhon…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1573+ words) The twenty-fifth anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks will arrive this Friday but I’m not sure how much attention that date will receive. The Iraq War was one of the earliest and most important of those. In a recent interview with former…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (752+ words) Donald Trump does not want to kill millions of Iranian civilians. But Trump has a gun to his head and time is running out. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is getting dangerously low, long-term interest rates are edging up, and a…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (382+ words) If you study the criminal mind for as long as I have (since 2003) you become adept at recognizing when individuals and groups are committing acts of fraud. And no one is more given to committing spectacular acts of fraud than…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (114+ words) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave an interview during the G20 gathering in Asheville, North Carolina, in which he calmly diagnosed Canada’s self-inflicted problems: “We’ve had a ‘free rider’ problem with Canada,” he observed. Absent American security guarantees created through NATO, the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (126+ words) Writes R. Cort Kirkwood: As expected, boosters for the war against Iran now admit what everyone knew when President Trump scrapped the Constitution and attacked the country on behalf of Israel. An air campaign will not bring Iran to heel. That…...