A review of Public Intellectual: The Life of a Citizen Pilgrim, by Richard Falk.

A review of Public Intellectual: The Life of a Citizen Pilgrim, by Richard Falk.
Bush’s reputation should have suffered a nose-dive after he left office. There’s only one reason his standing has improved: Trump.
The fact that India is well on its way to full-fledged authoritarianism hasn’t factored into the Biden administration’s approach to the “world’s largest democracy.”
Drones mean never having to say that you’re sorry.
The military stood up to Donald Trump. Who will now stand up to the military?
After half a century studying the issue, here’s lesson number one: Wars are bad and empire is folly.
The United States has withdrawn its troops from Afghanistan. Only 750 military bases to go.
Trump didn’t just tie his successor’s hands. He handcuffed them to the throttle of a runaway train.
Nation-building in Afghanistan and Iraq was the resurrection of a doctrine that should have been buried after Vietnam.
Middle East experts who opposed America’s post-9/11 wars were ridiculed as anti-American extremists. In reality, it was the pro-war right that was making us less safe.