The terms nationalism and patriotism have very similar and difficult-to-differentiate definitions, but are worth reflecting on a time when they are more popular than ever.
by Sam Jacobs | May 7, 2021 | Foreign Policy
The terms nationalism and patriotism have very similar and difficult-to-differentiate definitions, but are worth reflecting on a time when they are more popular than ever.
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 29, 2021 | News Roundup
US News The state of Michigan’s multi-million fund to pay out settlements for wrongful convictions is facing a $7 billion deficit. [Link] The FDA is considering a ban on menthol cigarettes this week. [Link] Sam Power was confirmed to head USAID. [Link] Great Power...
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 12, 2021 | News Roundup
US News Maryland's legislature overrides the governor's veto to pass police reform measures. [Link] Biden will order a commission to review the pros and cons of expanding the SCOTUS. [Link] The Pentagon is developing technology that will do rapid blood tests. [Link]...
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 6, 2021 | News Roundup
Great Power The US is calling on Russia to explain why it moved troops inside of Russia’s borders. [Link] Ukraine’s President says the only way to end the country’s civil war is by moving towards NATO membership. [Link] Western powers are looking to deploy short and...
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 26, 2021 | News Roundup
US News Forty-one Republicans introduce a bill that will prevent Biden from lifting sanctions on Iran. [Link] USA Today gives a look at the massive US military operations around the world from 2018-2020. In those three years the US conducted counterterror operations...
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 16, 2021 | News Roundup
US News Missouri sent letters to 46,000 residents demanding the repay money the state said it over-paid in unemployment. [Link] Ohio police arrested a mother of two for leaving her ten and two year old children home alone while she was at work. [Link] Biden has...
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 9, 2021 | News Roundup
US News Facebook will crack down on vaccine misinformation. [Link] Cass Sunstein joins Biden’s DHS to craft immigration policy. [Link] A proposed House bill will make gun ownership highly regulated and establish a gun database. [Link] A federal appeals court ruled it...
by Richard Cox | Jan 7, 2021 | Blog
With the Indians vanquished at Wounded Knee The Empire shone from sea to sea But we could not rest Let salt stop this quest For in far off lands there were more Indians to free We needed to liberate Cuban Indians from Spain Lucky for us — a travesty on the Maine! We...
It turns out wearing the glasses made no difference. In the John Carpenter film, They Live, our hero John Nada is one in many workers stumbling from hunger to poverty and piece work in an economy that is only built to exploit them. It’s a film both critical of Reagan...
Trump didn’t just get “frustrated” with Netanyahu. He confirmed he told him, “Are you effing crazy,” and that single moment raises a bigger question: if the White House is truly fed up, why does the region still look like it’s sliding toward wider war? Jim Webb joins...
I spent a lot of time dealing with the victim of violence. That betrayal only a lover can express, the sinister switch from affection or at least the performance required to invent love, to twist into a tantrum of rage. The bruising and cuts, a secondary blistering to...
A deal with Iran sounds simple until you read the fine print. We dig into the reports of a memorandum of understanding that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and lift parts of the pressure campaign, then ask the uncomfortable question: is this “freedom of navigation,”...
Congress is hollowing out, and the consequences show up first in foreign policy. Dan McAdams returns to talk with us about what Thomas Massie’s primary loss signals for antiwar oversight, why the Ron Paul era of forcing floor debates through appropriations fights is...
John and I skip reading Rules for Radicals this week and discuss ideas that have been bogging us down for the last few months.
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