The United States government has gone far astray from following the policy of nonintervention overseas espoused by Founders, including George Washington in his presidential farewell address in 1797. Instead of avoiding intervention abroad, the US has pursued it with vehemence in recent … Continue reading
Adam Dick
Since September, the presidential administration of Donald Trump has been directing the United States military to blow up boats and kill their occupants in the Caribbean and Pacific, claiming to be thus countering Venezuela government supported “narco-terrorism.” At the same … Continue reading
Richard J. Maybury’s book Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? provides a good introduction to government’s destruction over time of the value of money. The “penny candy” mentioned in the book’s title has moved on to higher and higher prices as the value … Continue reading
Great Britain, over a month ago, bowed out of helping the United States blow up boats and kill their occupants in the Caribbean. Natasha Bertrand reported in a Tuesday article at CNN that Britain had then suspended its providing of intelligence to … Continue reading
Weeks into the longest United States government shutdown in history, the administration of President Donald Trump had cut welfare spending on food for Americans and even demanded that state governments also cut such aid. At the same time, the US government … Continue reading
The Global War on Terror (GWOT) declared by United States President George W. Bush in 2001 has been a bonanza for the military-industrial complex and foreign intervention supporters over the last two and a half decades. It has also been … Continue reading
Hundreds of thousands of “ultra-Orthodox” men protested this week in the Israel city of Jerusalem in opposition to the Israel government enforcing a military draft of members of their communities. You may not hear much about the protest from American … Continue reading
Argentina President Javier Milei, since taking office nearly two years ago, has been one of the foreign government leaders most prominent in celebrating United States government interventions across the world, including US-aided wars of Ukraine and Israel and the US going … Continue reading
Pro-war propaganda often maligns the people in a place targeted for attack. That characterization spread far and wide in the country from which an attack is planned to emanate can help temper opposition to and enhance support for the attack … Continue reading
Donald Trump seems to be following through in his second term as president on the threat of a United States war on Venezuela he made in his first term. Significant US military force has been recently placed near Venezuela ready for attack, … Continue reading