Matthew Hoh: Not Words of Hope

I was honored to be the keynote speaker for the North Carolina Palestinian American Inc.’s Inaugural Roots of Resilience Banquet this past weekend. Below are my transcribed remarks, edited and amended for clarity and length: …But essentially what we're looking at is a...

A 23-Year Pattern in US Foreign Policy

A list of U.S. offenses abroad since World War II might look like a shapeless frenzy of subversion, lies, bribery, assassinations, sanctions, embargoes, asset thefts, travel bans, wiretapping, election-rigging, coups d’état, bombings, and outright invasions. These...

‘For the Protection of the Free World’

Trump is sounding more and more like George W. Bush and Dick Cheney: "I think the people want to be with us," Trump said when asked about the island in the press room on board the presidential plane. "I don't really know what claim Denmark has to it, but it would be a...

Thermonuclear Crack: The Death Wish of the ‘Elites’

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Isn’t it high time we “augment” our nuclear force “posture”? Shouldn’t we fight to achieve peace through nuclear “strength” and “deterrence”? Isn’t it smart to “refurbish, rebuild, and modernize” the nuclear...

Ron Paul asks: Can Rubio Beat the Blob?

On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Newly-confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio is facing his first real foreign policy challenge: how to get his own Department to obey President Trump's 90-day halt on foreign development assistance. Will he be able to stand up to...

James Carden on Scaremongering on Sunday

Minutes before the start of the Bills-Chiefs AFC championship game on Sunday, viewers were subjected to a risible 30 second ad paid for by a shadowy dark money PAC called National Interest [sic] Action. The ad serves as a kind of scare-mongering open letter to...