By Donald B. Ardell - 06.23.13
Caveat emptor: This essay is intended only for an adult audience of critical thinkers fond of and disposed to applied reason. The author assumes no responsibility for the validity of his opinions, whether partially or completely baked, which may or may not reflect the views of the AWR, its headquarters staff...
Read MoreBy Loren Adams - 06.23.13
“Each to their own” is a softening phrase expected to calm polar opposites engaged in any battle of partisan / religious views of a potentially destructive nature. Religion and politics are man’s favorite, yet most toxic dialogues. Not to be taken lightly, conflicting “R & P” views have resulted in most wars experienced in world history, thus most unnatural, unnecessary deaths/injuries.
Read MoreBy Michael Faulkner - 06.23.13
Successive U.S. administrations have, since the earliest years of the cold war, acted in their relations with the rest of the world as though their judgments and actions were not subject to the same rules as those constraining other states. It is assumed to be self-evident that whatever is claimed to be in the national interest of the United States justifies...
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By Harry Targ – 05.23.13
On the night of September 11, 2012, an armed group attacked a diplomatic post in the city of Benghazi in eastern Libya. The next morning a CIA annex was attacked. Out of these two attacks four United States citizens were killed including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens. According to a November, 2012 Wall Street Journal article (quoted by Conor Friedersdorf in The Atlantic, May 13, 2013):
Read MoreBy STEVEN JONAS MD, MPH - 06.16.13
Admiral Miklos Horthy of Hungary is generally acknowledged to have been history’s first fascist dictator (that is an authoritarian ruler, operating under capitalism, who was not royalty). And Admiral Horthy? Well, while Hungary is presently a land-locked country, before World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had a major naval presence on the Adriatic Sea, through Slovenia,...
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By Iris Vander Pluym - 06.16.13
...who needs Republicans?
Before she announced her retirement from Congress on May 29, the Tea Queen of Kookville Michele Bachmann had been cited by name in a relentless barrage of fundraising emails from the DCCC and its House Majority PAC. There were twelve such missives in May alone. The messaging was similar in each one: Tea Party! Extremist! Crazy! MUST BE STOPPED!