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America's Longest Wars

The Nuclear Triad Is Not the Holy Trinity

More Thoughts on America's Military Academies

America's Military Academies Are Seriously Flawed

The Torture Was the Message

Inserting American Bodies in Iraqi and Afghan Dikes

More on the Torture Report

Would a better prepared U.S. have used torture?

More Military Interventions? For what, Ashton Carter?

Kicking the Vietnam Syndrome

Jewish Resistance to the Holocaust

Charles Darwin Has Much to Teach Us About War

In Iraq, That Dog Don't Hunt

Militarism USA

Election Result: More Military Escalations Are Coming

World War I: The Paradox of Semi-Modern War

Thanking Our Troops for their Service

War is Peace

Why American Efforts to Create Foreign Armies Fail

Hope You're Enjoying Indigenous Peoples' Day Weekend

America's Global Security State

Random Thoughts on Death, Dying, and the Reality of America’s Wars

The Worst Cancer of All

Two Afghan Stories

War Again in Iraq and the American Desire Never to be Labeled a Loser

A Lame Duck Nation on Steroids

What Americans Value

Obama's Speech on ISIS: More of the Same, As in Military Action (Updated)

On Religion

Why I Still Like Ike

A Cautionary Tale for Labor Day

Six Patriotic Songs for Labor Day Weekend

General Allen's Revealing Article on Iraq

The American Cult of Bombing

Still Pursuing the Dream of Bombing

Afghanistan: Still Losing

Dissent and Democracies

A Century of Mass Slaughter

A New Thirty Years' War in the Middle East?

David versus Goliath in the Middle East

Technology and the Role of Scientists and Engineers in Society

Global Reach, Global Power, Has Deep Roots in America's Past

Happy Fourth of July

World War I, the Death of Chivalry, and the False End of War

Uncle Sam Doesn't Want You -- He Already Has You

Freethinkers Fighting for Fair Play: The True Goal of Higher Education

The Best Air Raid Ever

The Great War: Why the Germans Lost World War I

Spreading Violence is Much Easier than Bridging Cultural Gaps

The Winners of Putin's Aggression: The U.S. Military-Industrial Complex and Big Oil

Was the Vietnam War Unwinnable? (1993)

How the U.S. Could Have "Won" the Vietnam War (1982) -- Updated

Fighting for Coveted Combat Badges and Patches

Did Jesus Have a Wife?

One Word Defines U.S. Foreign Policy: Hubris

The GM Ignition Switch Crime

Abolish the Air Force?

The My Lai Massacre Just Got Worse

“The Harder I Worked Physically, the Less Money I Made”: The Harsh Reality of Life in America

Thanking Me for My Service

Why We Fight? Oil

Hair-Trigger America

The Pentagon Wins Wars! Budgetary Wars, That Is

Quick Thoughts on the Oscars

The Pentagon's Sky is Falling!

The F-35 Fighter Program: America Going Down in Flames

Cheney, Rumsfeld, and the End of History

The USA Takes the Gold Medal in Threat Inflation

Do We Learn Anything from History?

Remembering the Quiet, Unsung Heroes of America

War as a Meteor

All the Insecurity Money Can Buy

Rulers' Ideas Rule

Is the Digital World Too Ephemeral?

Chris Christie, You Lost My Vote

The Millionaires in Congress Don't Care About Sending Your Son or Daughter to War

Reforming the National Security State (updated)

Washington Priorities Exposed