As an outsider, I had found the ritual of US presidential elections to be fascinating, a helpless voyeur watching how the ebb and flow of war and peace may unfold for the coming years. By that time, I had lost interest in voting, I had become cynical and jaded wary...
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State Gun Control in America: A Historic Guide to Major State Gun Control Laws and Acts
The Second Amendment guarantees American citizens the right to bear arms, but both federal and state governments determine how citizens may legally exercise that right. And while both federal and state gun control laws regularly change, laws at the state level change...
News Roundup 10/4/19
US News A Pentagon employee says he was forced out after attempting to expose defense companies overcharging the Pentagon. [Link] The Pentagon has taken over background checks for most security clearances. [Link] The brother of Honduras' President is on trial in the...
Gunfights Rage as Iraq Protests Grow Nationwide
Public protests were launched nationwide over the past two days in Iraq, growing in intensity as demonstrators slam the lack of a post-war recovery from the ISIS conflict, and continued corruption woes. While Prime Minister Abdul Mahdi confirmed the right of...
News Roundup 10/3/19
US News Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger gets ten years for murdering an unarmed man. Guyger entered the wrong apartment and then shot the unarmed man she claimed she believed was breaking into her apartment. [Link] Customs and Border Patrol is spending $1.2...
News Roundup 10/2/19
US News A Twitter executive is also a member of a Brittish Army propaganda unit. Caitlin Johnstone explains Twitter’s hypocrisy. [Link] Trump talked with foreign leaders to set up contacts with his Justice Department's investigation of Russiagate. [Link] The Trump...
Book Review of Scott Horton’s Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan
I must confess, the absurdity of me writing a review of Scott Horton’s book is akin to the absurdity of the war in Afghanistan, albeit without the hundreds of thousands of dead bodies and billions of government no-bid military contracts and after eighteen years,...
News Roundup 9/30/19
Venezuela Trump bans senior Venezuelan officials and their family members from entering the US. [Link] Afghanistan The Afghan election commission had no contact with 900 of the 4900 polling stations. [Link] Indications are that Afghan voter turnout is meager. [Link]...
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