US News The US indicts Julian Assange on 17 additional charges. The new charges include violating the Espionage Act and carry a 170-year sentence. [Link] Peter Van Buren explains why Justin Amash is wrong to advocate for impeaching Trump. [Link] A senior UN nuclear...
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News Roundup 5/23/19
US News Tennessee ends a program that encouraged inmates to get sterilized in exchange for shorter sentences. [Link] The Supreme Court refuses to hear the case of a veteran attempting to sue the government for medical malpractice. The Supreme Court says the Feres...
News Roundup 5/22/19
Mexico The US sanctions several Mexicans alleged to be involved in drug trafficking. [Link] India/Pakistan Nine people were killed in a battle between Indian police and separatists in Kashmir. [Link] Thirteen people died in a Pakistani raid on an IS position. [Link]...
News Roundup 5/14/19
US News Attorney General Barr opens an investigation into the origins of the investigations into the Trump campaign. [Link] The CBO says the Space Force will cost $3 billion upfront and $1.3 billion each year. [Link] Julian Assange Elizabeth Vos explains the...
News Roundup 5/7/19
US News A St. Louis police officer has been charged with second-degree assault for shooting a woman instead of tasing her. [Link] Some Utah jails are charging over $11 for a 15-minute phone call. The high rate makes it difficult for prisoners to stay in contact with...
Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires?
I. Introduction: The Graveyard of Empires In discussions of Afghanistan in today’s world, the assertion that the country is a “graveyard of empires” is often made. While the statement is correctly accepted as a caution against overconfident intervention by foreign...
Savagery and Its Promoters and Profiteers
Max Blumenthal’s new book, “The Management of Savagery: How America’s National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump,” is over 300 pages and wastes not a word. It also does far more than it claims. “This book,” Blumenthal writes, “makes...
Anti-BDS Laws vs the First Amendment
Senator Marco Rubio made the common argument for the Combating BDS Act in an opinion piece in the New York Times. He argued that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is an international campaign that embraces discriminatory economic warfare against...
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