Day: September 18, 2020

Wildfires Rage Across Syria in Wake of Increased US-Led Economic Warfare

September 18, 2020

For nearly two weeks, Syria has been battling a new wave of fires that have engulfed much of the agricultural and forest-rich mountainous areas of western Syria. Thanks to a corporate media blackout, …

‘Magical Thinking’ has Always Guided the US Role in Afghanistan

September 18, 2020

History

“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”– The Queen of Hearts from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland The best way for us to understand Afghanist…

Reconsidering the Presidential Election

September 18, 2020

Opinion

In early July I wrote a piece entitled “Does the next Presidential election even matter?” in which I made the case that voting in the next election to choose who will be the next puppet in the White H…

Navalny Sacrificed as Part of a Wider Geopolitical Battle

September 18, 2020

Opinion

Few stories in recent years more clearly illustrate the sorry decline in western media standards than the coverage currently being given to the illness of Russian dissident politician Alexei Navalny. …

EU Leaders Invite Boris to Lunch for Brexit Talks. On the Menu Is Cod, Champagne… and Beemas

September 18, 2020

Opinion

The panic is palpable. No one is making any effort to hide it now as the EU’s chief negotiator on Brexit, Frenchman Michel Barnier, began his telephone calls to EU leaders to intervene in the talks wi…

Are the Forever Wars Really Ending?

September 18, 2020

Opinion

“There is no… sound reason for the United States to continue sacrificing precious lives and treasure in a conflict not directly connected to our safety or other vital national interests.” So said Will…

“The Armageddon Election”. Deep Polarization of American Society

September 18, 2020

Opinion

During the weeks of uncertainty that followed the 2000 presidential election, as the tension grew amongst supporters of George W. Bush and Al Gore, my brother John Zogby conducted a poll to see how De…

From Ego to Empire, All Our Problems Stem from the Impulse to Control

September 18, 2020

Opinion

The human organism arrives in this world squishy, defenseless and easily startled, which it turns out is really starting things off on the wrong foot. Because of the size of our newly-evolved brains r…