by John Feffer | Mar 3, 2021 | Human Rights
Mohammed bin Salman is a charming fellow. The tall, dark, and handsome Saudi prince known as MbS has seduced world leaders and eager pundits left and right. To his supporters, MbS became first in line to the Saudi throne by championing reform in a deeply conservative...
by John Feffer | Feb 24, 2021 | Democracy & Governance
Caligula was by all accounts a nasty piece of work. During the nearly four years that he ruled over the Roman empire in the first century CE, Caligula was notorious for sexual predation and extravagant spending. Never one to sell himself short, he proclaimed early on...
by William J. Astore | Feb 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
When it comes to war, if personnel is policy, America is yet again in deep trouble. As retired Army Major Danny Sjursen recently pointed out at TomDispatch, when it comes to foreign policy, President Joe Biden’s new cabinet and advisers are well stocked with retired...
by Andy Heintz | Jan 19, 2021 | Democracy & Governance, Redev
Theo Horesh’s book The Fascism This Time provides a timely blueprint for what must be done to nourish and reinvigorate the democratic spirit of America during these troubling times. There is a sense of urgency that courses through this book’s pages as Horesh sounds...
by Rebecca Gordon | Jan 4, 2021 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
It was the end of October 2001. Two friends, Max Elbaum and Bob Wing, had just dropped by. Yes, children, believe it or not, people used to drop in on each other, maskless, once upon a time. They had come to hang out with my partner Jan Adams and me. Among other...
