The only positive outcome of year 1 in the Russo Ukraine war is that it did not ignite WWIII.That was not for lack of trying. At the start, President Biden warned nuclear war would likely occur if the US became directly involved. Then he spent the entire first year of...
On Ukraine War, Gaetz Gets It… Biden Blew It
Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz introduced a House resolution to end US military and financial aid to Ukraine, co-sponsored by 10 other Republican House members, but not a single Democrat. Nada, zero, zilch. His Ukraine Fatigue Resolution only represents, if passed,...
Syrian Earthquake Makes No Dent in America’s Life-Killing Sanctions
Thousands dead in Syria from earthquake elicited not a shred of empathy in Uncle Sam’s damaged conscience. Ten years of sanctions degrading life, even ending it for innocents in Syria, will continue while Syrians dig out the bodies buried under the rubble.Much...
Balloon Brouhaha
Many foreign policy experts foresee a looming nuclear war between the US and China. That is why Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s planned trip to China next week was so important. So little direct contact with China, coupled with so many provocations, mostly...
Worst US Foreign Policy in My Lifetime Happening Today
It took 60 years but the US finally did something more dangerous to world survival than the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.Last year marked 60 years since the US provoked Russia to sneak nuclear weapons into Cuba to protect it from further US invasion or assassination of...
From 1,020 Seconds to 90 Seconds in 32 Years Spells Potential Doom for Peoplekind
I’ve followed the ups and downs of the Doomsday Clock for 60 years. I first learned about it as a University of Chicago freshman in 1963, that it was created there in 1947 by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. What a neat metaphor to convey how...
Mainstream Media Has Been a Complete Failure Covering US Perpetual Wars
Once again the US has embarked on perpetual war, this time its proxy war with Russia over Ukraine.And once again US media has completely failed to adequately and accurately cover the latest which may be heading to nuclear confrontation with Russia.Closing in on 11...
Rev. King Sadly Disparaged for Opposition to Vietnam War
On Rev. Martin Luther King Day I always reflect on the last year of his life. He kicked it off with his speech "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence" at New York's Riverside Church, April 4, 1967, ahead of a massive antiwar rally eleven days later. A...
Zelensky Puff Peace Adds No Value To Ending Russo-Ukraine War
Zelensky Puff Peace Adds No Value To Ending Russo-Ukraine WarHenry J. Wilson’s letter "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky offers a reminder to America" (Chicago Tribune, Dec.23) sounds like it came straight from Zelensky’s press...
Zelensky ‘Hints’ to US: $112 Billion in Weapons Not Enough…. Send More
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is the US weapons recipient who keeps on receiving. Ahead of his Wednesday address to Congress he said “We have artillery, yes. Thank you. We have it. Is it enough? Honestly, not really. We’re grateful for their (US)...
