Will the Putin-Xi Era Supersede the Western Liberal (Dis)Order?

March 26, 2018

The Chinese constitutional amendment allowing Xi Jinping the possibility of further presidential terms — staying in power long enough to bring “national rejuvenation” combined with the Russian electio…

How the Military Controls America

March 26, 2018

Opinion

Unlike corporations that sell to consumers, Lockheed Martin and the other top contractors to the US Government are highly if not totally dependent upon sales to governments, for their profits, especia…

Cold War 2.0 Risks Turning Hot

March 26, 2018

Opinion

The completed neocon takeover of Washington, discussed in a day earlier article, risks unthinkable war between the world’s dominant nuclear powers. Businessman Trump likely had no idea what he was get…

Washington Has Declared Hegemony or War

March 26, 2018

Opinion

I agree with Stephen Lendman (read here) that the Russian government’s efforts to deal with the West on the basis of evidence and law are futile. There is only one Western foreign policy and it is Was…

Russia’s S-400s Are the Key to a Neo-NAM

March 26, 2018

Opinion

The US is threatening to sanction Russia if it sells its S-400 anti-air systems abroad. Bob Menendez led a group of lawmakers who wrote to the State Department and asked that last year’s “Countering A…

The West’s ‘Guilty Until Proven Innocent’ Mantra is Wrecking Lives & International Relations

March 26, 2018

Opinion

Western society is flirting with a disturbing trend where people are being denied the time-honored 'presumption of innocence'. The same undemocratic method is even being used against nations in what i…

The “Globalists” Love Gefilte Fish

March 26, 2018

Opinion

Our grandparents faced a quandary when they had to describe some body parts or physical activity. The ‘obscene words’ remained taboo at least until D.H. Lawrence broke the prohibition in Lady Chatterl…

Taiwan: a Pawn in Donald Trump’s Plan for US-China Battles on Anything and Everything

March 26, 2018

Opinion

From a telephone conversation with the Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen to the recent signing of the Taiwan Travel Act (TTA), US President Donald Trump has signalled his administration is amending Was…