I had been writing about guns for years, often annoying the hell out of people who were otherwise good friends. One of those folks was the late Doug...
Violence is situation normal, not just in the United States but across much of the planet. Often the violence is simply an abstraction, aka, war,...
In 2021, the human race, in order to keep itself safe, invested $2.1 trillion in the ability to make war – to kill one another, even to end life...
Here’s the beginning of a recent, miniscule Reuters story: “The global market for nuclear missiles and bombs should surpass $126 billion within...
Peace, in the deepest sense – in the midst of war – requires a clarity and courage well beyond the boundaries of linear understanding. The...
Women’s rights – in reality, these are a nuisance to many US conservatives, but purporting to protect these rights on the other side of the...
War spews hell in all directions. Just ask the guys at Talon Anvil, a secret US ‘strike cell’ recently exposed by the New York Times as a unit...
The USA and its allies are waging multiple wars in the Middle East. One of them is public and respectable: No war crimes permitted! But the other...
Suddenly there’s major concern across the country – from the mainstream media to every last rock-ribbed Republican – for the rights of Afghan...
According to Brown University’s Costs of War Project, Tom Engelhardt notes, the United States has so far spent $6.4 trillion on the so-called war...
As a peace journalist, I usually begin by focusing on the media. Consider this recent Washington Post piece regarding the use of nuclear weapons....
An end to war? It's certainly necessary, but is it politically possible?The fate of House Resolution 476, introduced by Rep. Barbara Lee, will give...
Will Joe Biden end the endless wars or won't he?I have serious doubts that he has the will or political acumen to do so. But that's only a fragment...
As the New Year asserts itself – a year that begins in global lockdown and political shock-and-awe – an extraordinary question emerges: Are we...
“One major difference between GOP and Dems is that leverage their right flank to gain policy concessions and generate enthusiasm, while Dems lock...
So here’s an odd, mostly overlooked scrap of recent news: Donald Trump wants to end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq before he leaves office, and...
“This was not an attack on history. This is history. It is one of those rare historic moments whose arrival means things can never go back to how...
This is so much bigger than personal accountability. Yes, the four police officers present at the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd in...
What if the vaccine that’s eventually developed is so large in scope it includes the words of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Pope...
