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The Agony of Defeat
A peaceful settlement of the Ukraine conflict is not in the cards. It is a logical impossibility given the following truths 1. America’s leaders could not tolerate terms minimally acceptable to Russia. For such terms would represent a) an unmistakable loss of status and self-regard; b) a reversion from the strategic foundations of the country’s […]
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Australia: A US Vassal State in a Peripheral Sphere of Influence
For reasons set out briefly below, let’s suppose that Australia is a US vassal state and that the Pacific — what Australia likes to call its ‘backyard’ — is a peripheral sphere of US influence. Under these circumstances, this essay considers what for Australia should be some of the more worrisome implications for its security […]
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Donald Trump, Union Buster
Although President Donald Trump has claimed that “every policy” of his administration was “designed to lift up the American worker,” he has acted consistently, since returning to office in January 2025, to undermine workers’ chosen representatives, America’s labor unions. The most flagrant Trump action along these lines occurred in March 2025, when he issued an […]
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As Public Support for ICE Drops, Women’s March WIN Launches Campaign Urging Agents to Walk Away
As the Trump administration enters its eleventh month pushing aggressive immigration crackdowns, public sentiment appears to be shifting. A new YouGov survey finds growing discomfort with the broad and aggressive methods being employed by the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). According to the poll, a majority (53%) of Americans somewhat or strongly disapprove of […]
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Mass Murder As “Public Service” In “Our Democracy”
Super-hawk Elliot Abrams is back in the news again, worrying that Donald Trump lacks “clarity” about what he intends to do in Venezuela. Abrams recommends that the president eliminate all doubts and ambiguities in his mind and directly attack Venezuelan territory in order to bring down the “dictator” Nicolas Maduro. Abrams, U.S. special envoy to […]
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Two Hundred Fifty Years Since the Declaration of Independence
Next year will mark 250 years since the “official” date assigned to the rebellion against British sovereignty in its North American colony, popularly known as the “American Revolution.” In early July of 1776, a number of prominent figures and leaders of colonial resistance to the authority of the English Crown met in the port city […]
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Marks on the Calendar: Two Years into Eradication of a People, “So Move on”!
Note: Again, smalltown news, a newspaper that is now as thin as a tissue, once a week, and here we are — a 900 to 1000 word piece by yours truly once a month. This November, some catching up with October’s Banner Books week, and other funky things. Next month I do a bit of […]
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Trump’s Whims on Tariffs and Trade Deficits
“Trump’s tariff formula explained: How rates were determined for each country” IMAGE/USA Today/Duck Duck Go Tariffs Tariffs are a tax imposed on imported goods to protect local industries in order to be self-sufficient and thus avoid being taken advantage of. For a very long time, Britain charged tariffs on many items, only in 1860 were […]
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