Hard data shows ending our wars would be smart politics — and the first step toward repairing a moral calamity.
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Trump is counting on his base to endorse his increasingly open law-breaking. It may not end well.
Collusion with corporations has always been hiding in plain sight. It takes real people to fight that — not an elite prosecutor.
Republicans can only win by racial gerrymandering and voter suppression. And Trump can only win by using fear and racism.
It's now clear that the Russians offered help and members of the Trump campaign accepted. But the real scandal may be money laundering.
After a year that's brought us closer to nuclear war, ethnic cleansing, and climate catastrophe, it's time to consider that the Trump-GOP agenda may be genuinely evil.
As conditions in the U.S. deteriorate, the world will continue to suffer the consequences of U.S. military force — but without the mitigating influences of U.S. foreign aid and diplomacy.
It might take someone of Trump’s vapid visibility to drive home the point that "world’s policeman" is not a viable role for the U.S. to play.
Our foreign policy is aggressive, parochial, and hard-hearted. Unless voters finally demand differently, our next president will be the same.
Obama's made a lot of Faustian bargains over the last seven years. But given his likely successors, what we got over the last two terms may be as good as it gets.