Military Industrial Complex
The reality of Trump’s cartoonish $1.5 trillion DOD budget proposal
This dramatic escalation in military spending is a recipe for more waste, fraud, and abuse
January 08, 2026
Analysis
Latin America
Trump's sphere of influence gambit is sloppy, self-sabotage
Great powers have historically sought regional sway but the president's Venezuela and Greenland ploys risk anything but
January 08, 2026
Washington Politics
JFK oversaw Vietnam decapitation. He didn't live to witness the rest.
A coup likely set unto motion by Kennedy memo ended with the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem in fall of 1963. Two years later, the US was fully at war.
January 08, 2026
Washington Politics
Has my party become 'eunuchs in the thrall' of the president?
No provision in the Constitution allows the president to unilaterally bomb another nation's capital and remove its leader
January 07, 2026
Latin America
The US military is feeling invincible, and that's dangerous
What happened in Venezuela is the exception, not the rule
January 07, 2026
Europe
Despite the blob's teeth gnashing, realists got Ukraine right
As usual, critics are still trying to launder their abysmal policy records by projecting their failures and conceits onto others.
January 06, 2026
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