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What Paul Krugman gets wrong about the military industrial complex
Military Industrial Complex

What Paul Krugman gets wrong about the military industrial complex

The NYT columnist uses irrelevant metrics to argue for giving more money to the Pentagon.

Aid for Israel and Ukraine is not an American jobs program
Washington Politics

Aid for Israel and Ukraine is not an American jobs program

Biden shifted gears and is now leaning into the false notion that money to these countries would yield economic benefits for us.

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Military Industrial Complex

Strategic Posture Review: Echoes of Dr. Strangelove

Commission argues that the US should consider building and deploying more nuclear weapons.

How to avoid a wider Mideast conflict
Middle East

How to avoid a wider Mideast conflict

The response by Israeli officials to the Hamas attack appears to be 'total war.' What happens if the US goes 'all in' on it?