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Reading Defense Contractor Ads

Nine Rows of Ribbons!

War Pabulum: The Perils of War as a Master Narrative

The Prince of Peace

Bombing Kills Lots of Innocents: Who Knew?

Curbing the Military-Industrial Complex

The Herman Cain Award Subreddit and What It Says about America's Political Crisis

Major Cuts in Military Spending Are the Best Way to Revive Our Democracy

It's all so saddening and maddening

Fox News and The New York Times Agree: America is Weak!

Abortion in America

Should You Join the U.S. Military?

Are We the New Martians?

Disagreeing Without Being Disagreeable: The Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict

Custom Styles

The Pentagon as Pentagod

When Is the Moon Not the Moon?

Our National Health Care Plan

Being Right For the Wrong Reasons

Are You Ready for Four More Years of Trump?

Was Spock "Queer"?

Are All Wars Local?

The Biggest Threat to America

The Military and Conformity -- and Democracy

Support Our Troops -- But How?

Kamala Harris Is Lost in Space

We're Mad As Hell -- And Fighting Each Other

On Radical Skepticism, Friendship, and Truth

Time for a Real Peace Dividend

Fear Is the Mind-Killer

In Praise of Whistleblowers

War Profits Soar as Diplomacy Sinks

The Pentagon Gets More Money

AOC's "Radical" Gown

Never Forget -- What?

Twenty Years After 9/11

Ten Reasons Why America's Afghan War Lasted So Long and Ended So Disastrously

The Limits of Air Power

The Highly Profitable Racket of Building Foreign Militaries

Words and War, Hawks and Doves

Leave Afghanistan Now (Repeat)

For Most Americans, Afghanistan Never Existed

In A Functioning Democracy, What Would War Look Like?

The Collapse of America's Position in Afghanistan

America Is a Sinking Warship on a Melting Iceberg

Slinking Away from Afghanistan

Before #MeToo – The Price of Silence

Destroying the Village in Vietnam

Imagine If America Had A Real Department of Defense

Why Can't American Troops Just Leave Iraq?

Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Is America's War Policy

Daniel Hale's Heartfelt Letter Against Drone Warfare

Listening to Ike's Military-Industrial Complex Speech

Operation Enduring War

Beware of China!

The Atrocious Nature of the Vietnam War

If We Lose Afghanistan, You're to Blame

Nuclear Firecrackers for the Fourth of July

The Unexamined U.S. Military

America, Land of Death

How to Teach, by Miss Jean Brodie

America Is Stabbing Itself in the Back

You Shouldn't Need a College Degree

Never Again War

When Mother Earth Dies, We All Die

There's No Business Like War Business

America Doesn't Have A Foreign Policy, It Has A Business Plan

Memorial Day 2021

Guns and Money!

Culture War!

Diversity and Inclusion!

Time Again for a Nuclear Freeze, Followed by Reduction and Elimination

Marxism in the Military!

David Versus Goliath in the Middle East

Lying and Deception in the Iraq War – and Today

America Is Programmed for War

The Bankruptcy of the Democratic Party

Musings for Monday

Should God Protect Our Troops?

The Never-Ending Afghan War

Why Is the War Budget Increasing?

Cancel the F-35, Fund Infrastructure Instead

More Afghan War Lies

Monday Military Musings

The Cold War, Rebooted and Rebranded

The Depressing Reality of America's Political Scene

Loving the Military Because It's More Diverse

$6 Trillion Down the Drain

Is China Winning? It's Our Own Fault

Gavin Versus Ricks: Why the U.S. Military Keeps Flailing and Failing

Savvy Advice From My Cousin Vinny about an Education Worth Having

Playing the Fool in Afghanistan

When the Wars Come Home

Racism's Loud Echoes in America

The Tyranny of Low Expectations

Divesting from Weapons

"Nothing Would Fundamentally Change"

The Pentagon's Wasteful Weapons

Make-Believe America

Yet Another Wartime President

Raise the Minimum Wage!

Corporate Democrats and Limousine Liberals

The Marsh in Snow

Ending America's Wars

The Marsh in Winter

If Only Americans Followed Wars Like Sports

Brief Reflections on Trump, War, and Militarism

America, Land of Discontent

Democrats Learned Nothing from the Rise of Trump

Donations -- and Forgive the Ads

Keep Bracing Views in the money

Send in the Bombers!

America, Land of Guns and Nukes

Ten Ways to Work Toward Peace

The Incredible Shrinking Relief Check

War and Meaninglessness in America

Thoughts on Race and Racism

The Bernie Meme

Textures

Is the USA the new USSR?

A Very American Coup

Monday Musings

Trump Should Learn from Marshal Ney

Friends, Romans, Countrymen...Rioters?

America as a POW Nation

Telling War Stories

The Storming of the Capitol!

Democrats Win in Georgia -- Now What?

Early Returns on 2021