The rubble after the raid on Islamic State group leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi.AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed Haroro J. Ingram, George Washington University; Amira Jadoon, United States Military Academy West Point, and Andrew Mines, George Washing…
When Will We Ever Learn?
Vladimir Putin is not the first dictator to threaten Europe. In relatively recent memory another dictator threatened Europe. His name was Adolf Hitler. It is worth comparing the democratic response to these two dictators, because democracies are making…
Did Pentagon Security Go to Hell in a ‘Hen Basket’?
Courtesy Animal Welfare League of Arlington, Virginia Perhaps mindful of how, for centuries, armies around the world have been “weaponizing” animals — even pigs and birds — to terrify the enemy, security at the Pentagon did not take any chances when it…
A Sixth Extinction is ‘well underway’ but it can still be mitigated
**By Daniel T CrossSustainability Times** In the history of life on earth there have been sixth mass extinctions of species with the most famous being the disappearance of dinosaurs from the planet. A Sixth Extinction is now upon us and this time the c…
NOT SEE THE PUTIN LOVE (CARTOON, COLUMN AND VIDEO)
If you’re at a rally or a protest and the person next to you is flying a Swastika, you may be on the wrong side. Why is this so hard for conservatives to understand? Oh, yeah. Because hate is not a deal-breaker for them. Look at all the Trump voters. T…
Beijing Olympics may get points for boosting China’s international reputation, but Games are definitely gold for Xi Jinping’s standing at home
Skiers practice at the Olympic cross country venue in Zhangjiakou, China on February 1, 2022.Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images David Bachman, University of Washington The 2022 Winter Games in Beijing provide many benefits for China, and really …
REPUBLICAN TIP LINES (CARTOON, COLUMN AND VIDEO)
Virginia’s new Republican sweater vest governor (sic), Glenn Youngkin, has set up a “tip line” for parents to snitch on public school teachers who are promoting “divisive practices” or enforcing mask mandates. This tip line follows the governor’s (sic)…
‘It Began With Words’
Cremation ovens in Auschwitz concentration camp, where up to three million people were murdered by the Nazis (2.5 million gassed, and 500,000 from disease and starvation). By Ari Morgenstern The horrors of Nazi concentration camps did not materialize f…
Trump makes coup deniers look silly
Who are the silliest-looking people in the United States right now? Those GOPers, in politics, social media, and media who keep denying that Donald Trump wasn’t really trying to pull off a coup but was seriously concerned about election integrity. The …
BURNING DOWN THE MAUS (Cartoon, Column and Video)
Maus is a graphic novel by Art Spiegelman about the Holocaust. It’s very dark and disturbing, you know because it’s about the Holocaust. A proxy for the author is a mouse who interviews his mouse father about his experience in the Holocaust. The Nazis …