There is a booming op-ed industry that peddles tortured World War II analogies. The latest offering from its tired assembly line was published by Politico and penned by unreconstructed neoconservative Charlie Sykes. As with other offerings in recent years (and indeed,...
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The Principled Cannot Convince the Irrational
by Kym Robinson | Mar 20, 2024 | Featured Articles
No matter how brutal an event, there will be those who can justify, rationalize, or spin a positive narrative. Real and imagined injustices inspire reactions that lead to more injustice, creating a spiral of revenge. Or a group can decide that it is superior,...
The TikTok Totalitarians
by Dan McAdams | Mar 20, 2024 | Featured Articles
On Wednesday, March 13th, a bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives voted to give the U.S. president the power to remove any website, computer or mobile application, or even service provider that the president determines—without due process—is run by “a person...
U.S. Humanitarian Aid to Gaza Is a Cynical PR Ploy
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Mar 19, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Under the administration of President Joseph R. Biden, the U.S. government has been portraying itself as being seriously concerned about the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has been waging a devastating military assault that the International...
Dollar Debasement as A Matter of Policy
by MN Gordon | Mar 19, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles
Michelle Mack thought she had it made. The suburban mom was living the high life with her husband and kids in their $3 million mansion in northern San Diego County. But that was before December 6, 2023. This was the day police raided her home, put her in handcuffs,...
Why is the West Suddenly Revealing Its Troop Presence in Ukraine?
by Ted Snider | Mar 18, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
It has long been an open secret that the West has been providing Ukraine with funding, weapons, training, maintenance, targeting intelligence, and intelligence on the position of Russian forces and vulnerabilities, and even war-gaming. They have provided Ukraine with...
TGIF: Reverse Scapegoating in the Immigration Debate
by Sheldon Richman | Mar 15, 2024 | Featured Articles, Justice, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
In the controversy over immigration we can spot a phenomenon I call "reverse scapegoating." According to Merriam-Webster, the scapegoat is "one that bears the blame for others." With reverse scapegoating, others bear the blame for one. Both are unjust. Reverse...
Culture Warriors Spread Disinfo on ‘Haitian Cannibals’
by Patrick Macfarlane | Mar 14, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In the first few years of the 2020s, the world witnessed a revolution in the dissemination of atrocity propaganda. Thanks to the proliferation of social media, smartphone ownership, and artificial intelligence, atrocity claims can now be manufactured, disseminated,...