[aggregation-styles] Upworthy Human Atrocity Doesn't Start With Violence. It Starts With Prejudice and Propaganda. Not very many things scare me, but extremism in every form does. We hear a lot about the extremism of radicalized Islamic groups, and yes, such groups are worrisome. But labeling an entire religious group with...

[aggregation-styles] Business Insider Former Bush Official Says John Bolton Was 'by Far the Most Dangerous Man We Had in the Entire 8 Years' The United States seems to be moving closer to a conflict with Iran— and the man at the center of it all, national security advisor John Bolton,...

[aggregation-styles] Forbes California (Poverty And Taxes) And Texas (Jobs And Freedom): A Few Key Comparisons One in every five Americans call California or Texas home. Comparisons between the two most-populous states are useful because both states have diverse populations and economies, but vastly different politics. That, in turn, leads to...

[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post The Blacklisting of Huawei Might Be China’s Sputnik Moment Many of us have been waiting for a new Sputnik moment, the point at which the challenge from China spurs the United States to get its act together. We may now be witnessing such a watershed, but...

[aggregation-styles] New York Times I Helped Sell the False Choice of War Once. It’s Happening Again. Fifteen years ago this week, Colin Powell, then the secretary of state, spoke at the United Nations to sell pre-emptive war with Iraq. As his chief of staff, I helped Secretary Powell paint a...

[aggregation-styles] Independent Trump Thinks the North Korea Blueprint Will Work With Iran. He's Dangerously Wrong Over the past week, I have spoken to Iranian men and women who are critical of the Islamic Republic, who have been working toward a free and democratic Iran, and who have paid a high...

[aggregation-styles] Pacific Standard Candidates Who Explain Progressive Policies via Conservative Principles Could Be Uniquely Persuasive South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg has impressed a lot of people with his ability to speak many languages during his campaign for the presidency. But Buttigieg's greatest asset may be his ability to speak...

[aggregation-styles] The Intercept Four Simple Steps the U.S. Media Could Take to Prevent a Trump War With Iran Here we go again. Sixteen years after the U.S. media helped the Bush administration spread myths and lies about the threat posed by Iraq to the United States and its allies, the...