[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...
Former Bush Official Says John Bolton Was ‘by Far the Most Dangerous Man We Had in the Entire 8 Years’
[aggregation-styles] Business Insider Former Bush Official Says John Bolton Was 'by Far the Most Dangerous Man We Had in the Entire 8 Years' Richard Painter, the former chief White House ethics lawyer in the George W. Bush administration, blasted the prospect of former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton...
Opinion: A War Widow Reflects on Memorial Day
Saturday morning I got up early to take our son to football practice. There was a knock on the door, and I figured it was a neighbor. But it wasn’t. The 29th of September. 9:15 a.m. That’s when I learned my husband had died in Iraq. No matter how many...
The Blacklisting of Huawei Might Be China’s Sputnik Moment
[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...
I Helped Sell the False Choice of War Once. It’s Happening Again.
[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...
Trump Thinks the North Korea Blueprint Will Work With Iran. He’s Dangerously Wrong
[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...
Candidates Who Explain Progressive Policies via Conservative Principles Could Be Uniquely Persuasive
[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...
Four Simple Steps the U.S. Media Could Take to Prevent a Trump War With Iran
[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...
Thanks Iceland, Madonna for Disrupting Eurovision’s Big Deception
[aggregation-styles] Haaretz Econoday Economic Report: Consumer Sentiment Some 360,000 people live in Iceland, whereas Germany’s population is over 80 million, 225-fold larger than Iceland’s. But in a test of morality, Iceland is a thousand-fold more decent than Germany, with its generations-long murderous history, particularly directed at Jews. At this point...
‘I Get the Same Intel:’ Iran Threat Exaggerated by GOP Hawks, Rep. Gallego Says
[aggregation-styles] The Washington Post ‘I Get the Same Intel:’ Iran Threat Exaggerated by GOP Hawks, Rep. Gallego Says Intelligence information bent to justify war in the Middle East is eerily familiar ground to Rep. Ruben Gallego. The Arizona Democrat served as a Marine infantryman in Iraq in 2005, after the...
