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Half of America is watching LA count its votes with a sense of deja vu. Source link
Whatever one feels about the helpfulness of the US intervention, the pearl-clutching over Vance’s remarks is frankly pathetic. Source link
In his highly-regarded podcast, Judging Freedom, on June 1, Judge Napolitano asked British diplomat Alastair Crooke if the Israelis really cared if the Strait of Hormuz remained closed and the U.S. economy, and by extension the world economy, suffered. Crooke replied that the billionaires who support Israel so strongly have so much wealth that many would regard a recession or even a depression as an “opportunity” to buy farmland and other assets. People of great wealth are not really affected by the higher gas and food prices and other inflation brought on by the U.S./Israeli war against Iran. But everyone…
If you are a fan of European mystery shows, you may have been watching one and had the thought, “Wow, this murder victim had a fantastic apartment”: High ceilings, beautiful natural light, an open floor plan, and a deck facing out over a lovely green space. Unlike apartments in America, which “live like a hotel,” these apartments really look like a place to live. The reason many European apartments, particularly in older buildings, look so different is because they are centered around courtyard blocks. The reasons we don’t have such housing in America are fairly banal, largely due to a…
The Man Who Knew Russia: Richard Pipes, Humanist and Cold Warrior Jonathan Daly Stanford University Press, 408 pp. $65.00 In 1985, I invited Richard Pipes to speak at Oberlin College. As chairman of the College Republican club, I hosted a variety of neoconservative and conservative thinkers, ranging from Carl Gershman, who headed a fledgling organization called the National Endowment for Democracy, to William Rusher, the publisher of the National Review. But my biggest, or at least most controversial, catch was Pipes. Pipes was a professor of Russian history at Harvard and a former Reagan administration national security council adviser on…
Nigel Farage Is Insulting Henry Nowak's Memory Source link
David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including fresh scandals in the Maine Senate race with Democratic candidate Graham Platner.AMNA NAWAZ, PBS NEWSHOUR: Well, you set this up perfectly to move to the next topic, when you talk about primaries. We saw several states hold their primaries this week, but I want to talk about Maine, which is gearing up for their primary next week.And there’s new allegations now against the Democratic Senate candidate. That is Graham Platner. We saw a New York Times report that cites…
Scott Pelley, a former “60 Minutes” reporter, gave his view of how CBS News is changing under new management and ownership during an interview with NYT’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro, who summarized the saga that led to his firing this way: “Pelley… was fired after an explosive series of events and much turmoil over the past few years at CBS. These events include a controversial financial settlement with President Trump over a “60 Minutes” segment; the sale of the network to David Ellison; and the appointment of Bari Weiss, a former New York Times Opinion staffer and founder of The Free Press…
Editor’s Note: Tom Engelhardt has been an important part of Antiwar.com for 22 years. His TomDispatch site has contributed 1,469 articles to our site. His list of authors includes many of the best in the antiwar movement. The presence of TomDispatch articles helped make Antiwar.com what it is today. The staff of Antiwar.com sends much love and a great thanks to Tom for everything he has done for the us and for the antiwar movement.[Final Note from Tom: Yes, I began TomDispatch 24-and-a-half years ago and, today, I’m finally putting up my own last piece, at least as the editor-in-chief of…
Massie Exposed GOP's Post-Trump Identity Crisis Source link