“The Nixon Effect: How Richard Nixon’s Presidency Fundamentally Changed American Politics” A book by Douglas E. Schoen No American president has been more maligned than…
Eisenhower’s warning In his famous farwell address, US President Dwight Eisenhower eloquently described the terrible effects of an overgrown military-industrial complex. Here are his words:…
Congratulations are not in order. Donald Trump's bigotry, his heinous treatment of women, his authoritarian posturing, his hatred of free speech, and his stupendous ignorance…
The United States is now engaged in perpetual war with victory nowhere in sight. Iraq is chaotic and scarred. So, too, is Libya. Syria barely exists. After…
My earliest recollection of national politics dates back exactly 60 years to the moment, in the summer of 1956, when I watched the political conventions…
Bryon Linnehan spent more than two years chasing bad guys around Iraq as a U.S. military-intelligence officer. Since May, he’s been using skills he honed…
Welcome, to the radio magazine that brings you news, commentary and analysis from a Black Left perspective. - DeRay McKesson, the Twitter communicator who was…
“This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence — economic, political, even…
PRINCETON, N.J.–Despite advances in health care and quality of life, white middle-aged Americans have seen overall mortality rates increase over the past 15 years, representing…