by Jane Briggs-Bunting The heart of the fight in Wisconsin is the threat to public employees’ right to unions and collective bargaining. Newly elected GOP governor Scott Walker’s proposal to limit collective […]
What's the real reason Republicans want to do away with Social Security?
Are commitment to the principle of small government and the power to invest their money as they wish reasons enough to motivate Republicans to fight to roll back Social Security?
From military-industrial complex to permanent war state
A quick history of how military became the most powerful force in the United States.
Serial denialists and the state of permanent war
The refusal to face up to reality that the United States cannot succeed in Afghanistan, despite all evidence to the contrary, suggests that the political elite is desperately clinging to the American system of global military hegemony.
Security as product placement
As Jack Bauer finishes his complete melt-down at the end of his eighth season, I’ve had 2 revelations: 1) he seemed to confirm 3 weeks ago the opinion of experts that torture […]
Nuclear weapons: when our national security makes us insecure
It is the existence of the weapons themselves — not who has them — that poses the greatest threat.
Jesuits breach the perimeter! And "negative security assurances"
THE DEPROLIFERATOR — Nuclear disarmament is usually approached from three directions. They who pursue the middle way might, by definition, be capable of appreciating the charms of those following the two paths […]
Don't most Republicans need Social Security, too?
In recent days, two of our foremost progressive economic experts have weighed in on the stealth war that conservatives are waging on Social Security. First, William Greider, describes this hair-raising scenario at […]
Imagine a secretary of state whose idea of foreign policy is abolishing nuclear weapons
Especially at a time when the recent release of photographs of Hiroshima’s aftermath by an unknown Japanese photographer reminds us anew that nuclear weapons are not intended for use on another state’s […]
Airport security and the fast lane to hell
I’ve been hearing some ads lately on sports talk for the Fly Clear program, which allows you to speed through airport security. Seductive message, that – those security lines are a bitch, […]
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