NATO, Nord Stream, the North Atlantic and Nuclear War

NATO, Nord Stream, the North Atlantic and Nuclear War

Though no one outside of NATO’s legions of Dr Strangeloves will admit to working towards a nuclear High Noon at the OK Corral, all of NATO’s saber-rating has consequences. Though Martin Jay’s recent Nord Stream article in praise of Seymour Hersh’ forensic investigation of the 26 September 2022 Nord Stream terrorist attack should need no…

The War in Ukraine Will End with a Bang — Soon

The War in Ukraine Will End with a Bang — Soon

Amidst indignant reactions to ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel’s revelations about the Minsk accords, worry about Americans “advising” Ukrainians en situ, and the back-and-forth of battle lines, it’s easy to forget what the Ukraine War is all about: the struggle of the United States to maintain its status as the world’s only superpower. More exactly, America’s attempt…

Hardly Anyone Is Thinking Logically About the Risk of Nuclear War

Hardly Anyone Is Thinking Logically About the Risk of Nuclear War

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved its symbolic Doomsday Clock to ninety seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been set since its founding after the second world war. Chief among their reasons for doing so is the increasingly dangerous war in Ukraine. A…

Will 2023 Be Worse Than 2022?

Will 2023 Be Worse Than 2022?

Even though one has become accustomed to seeing the United States government behaving irrationally on an epic scale with no concern for what happens to the average citizen who is not a member of one of the freak show constituencies of the Democratic Party, it is still possible to be surprised or even shocked. Shortly…