1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (305+ words) America’s record of failed wars exposes the limits of military power and raises serious questions about Australia’s continued reliance on the United States. So, despite its enormous military capability, why has the American so-called superpower been so devastatingly unsuccessful in…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1659+ words) Eisenhower warned that US policy could be captured by a military-industrial and scientific-technological elite. Ukraine is now paying the price. Eisenhower’s warning that US policy would be captured by a scientific-technological elite explains why Washington sustains the war in Ukraine…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1650+ words) Modern despots increasingly mimic the language and rituals of democracy while concentrating power through manipulation, spectacle, nationalism and the managed consent of their citizens. Polls show that millions of people are equally anxious about another unpromising political trend: a strange…...