Many Americans regard Joe Biden’s performance as president to be poor, as noted by his approval/disapproval ratings. While most point to his record on inflation, immigration, crime, and the overall economy to be the lows of presidency, what should be is his poor...
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Seoul Needs to Divorce Washington
by Ted Galen Carpenter | Aug 3, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The bilateral military alliance between South Korea and the United States has become increasingly unproductive and needlessly perilous for both countries. Astute American analysts have argued for decades that the arrangement is not a good deal for the United States....
Challenging Objectivism’s Unobjective Insults
by John Weeks | Aug 3, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
During a July 10, 2023, broadcast of The Yaron Brook Show, Chairman of the Board of the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI) Yaron Brook accused American historian Tom Woods of being a “moral subjectivist,” a “religionist,” an “anarchist,” “pro-Putin” and an “American hater.”...
Talking to Russia: Five Things You Won’t Believe Are Being Said Behind Closed Doors
by Ted Snider | Aug 2, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On July 6, it was revealed that secret back-channel talks have been held between former U.S. officials and “prominent Russians believed to be close to the Kremlin.” The U.S. officials do not represent the Joe Biden administration but have briefed the White House....
World War II’s Top Military Leaders Admitted Hiroshima, Nagasaki Bombings Were Needless
by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | Aug 2, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, History
The anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki present an opportunity to demolish a cornerstone myth of American history—that those twin acts of mass civilian slaughter were necessary to bring about Japan’s surrender, and spare a half-million U.S....
Implausible Deniability: The US Government Approach to Ukraine
by Laurie Calhoun | Aug 1, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” said U.S. president Joe Biden of Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 26, 2022, during a speech in Warsaw, Poland. On December 5, 2022, multiple unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs, or lethal drones) were used...
An Open Letter to RFK Jr. on Israel/Palestine
by Scott Horton | Jul 31, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
This article was originally written as a private letter addressed to Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his campaign manager, former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH). Unanswered since it was sent in early June 2023, it is now published as an open...
Remember the Atrocities of the Korean War, Not the Propaganda
by Jim Bovard | Jul 27, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Today is the 70th anniversary of the armistice that ended the fighting between North and South Korea. Almost 40,000 American soldiers died pointlessly in that conflict. If politicians and policymakers were honest and prudent, the Korean War would have vaccinated...