What’s Really Going On in Kashmir?
On Feb. 14 a suicide bomber killed over 40 Indian soldiers in Kashmir in what India claimed was a terrorist attack. India retaliated by bombing a terrorist training camp, which turned out to be an uninhabited mountain top. The Pakistani air force shot down an Indian...
The Royal Wedding Received Triple the Media Coverage of Yemen in 2018
The ongoing war in Yemen, called the world’s “worst humanitarian disaster” by the United Nations and independent aid agencies since early last year, received a grand combined total of 20 minutes of coverage on the ABC, NBC, and CBS weekday evening news programs in...
Teen Girl Dies in Mosul Blast; 17 Killed in Iraq
Criticizing Israel Isn’t Anti-Semitic. Here’s What Is.
Weeks ago, when the first accusations of anti-Semitism were being leveled against Representative Ilhan Omar, I was deeply agitated. Not long ago I saw her address these accusations at a local town hall. She reminded the world that, as a Black Muslim woman in America,...
An Officer’s Path to Dissent
This article originally appeared at TruthDig on January 3, 2018. For a while there, I was a real star. High up in my class at West Point, tough combat deployments in two wars, a slew of glowing evaluations, even a teaching assignment back at the military academy. I...
Militia Forces Ambushed in North; 10 Killed in Iraq
Updated at 11:45 p.m. EST, March 7, 2019 At least 10 people were killed, and 34 were wounded: Seven militiamen were killed, and 30 more were wounded when they were ambushed on a mountain road near Makhmour. A blast in Muqdadiya killed one policeman and wounded four...
Aircraft Carriers: Give Truman and Ford a Burial at Sea
The US Department of Defense wants to retire an old aircraft carrier early while building two new ones (and adding other goodies to their shopping list). Surprise, surprise – politicians from states with the shipyards and naval bases that employ their constituents...
Why the Outrage? ‘Jewish Power’ Party Is the New Norm in Israeli Politics
Immediately after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forged an alliance with the fringe political group, Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power), a widespread outrage ensued. The anger did not emanate only from the Center, Left and Arab parties, but from some in the Right...
Did Bolton Blow North Korea?
President Trump’s second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un last week was criticized by both parties in Washington long before Air Force One even touched down in Hanoi. Washington’s political class seemed terrified that the nearly 70 year state of...
