Even in Democratic Societies We are not Immune from Establishment Lies and Propaganda

I expect most people living in democratic countries believe they are not vulnerable to being conditioned into ignoring proven yet painful facts and lies. If you are such a person, then let me just ask you this one telling question: “Would [...]
What is the Syrian War about?

What is the Syrian War about?

By Hakim Khatib     After five years of the Syrian war, we can recognize “four” conflicting parties on the ground – Assad, ISIS, rebel groups and the Kurds. Each one of these conflicting parties has regional and international [...]

The Difference Between the Real World and Obama’s

By Alan Caruba I keep wondering what it must have been like to be a young student at West Point listening to their Commander in Chief’s platitudes and ignorance wash over them. West Point is where our nation’s future leaders in war receive [...]

Much Ado about the Ukraine

By Alan Caruba Events in the Ukraine are now big headlines and the topic of a torrent of commentaries by experts on Russia, the European Union, NATO and related subjects. The whole thing began after protests forced its president to flee to Russia, [...]
The Path to War

The Path to War

By Alan Caruba.   Having lived through the long Cold War with the former Soviet Union, including the Cuban Missile crisis, my thoughts over those years were that their leaders would not risk war because the outcome would be disastrous [...]
Crisis in Ukraine

Crisis in Ukraine

By Azmat Hassan. The Sochi Winter Olympics, a magnificent obsession of the inscrutable Russian President Vladimir Putin ended on a high note for him and his countrymen. However, hardly had the Sochi glow faded that the many months long simmering [...]
Russia Busts Greenpeace

Russia Busts Greenpeace

By Alan Caruba.   I must confess I had a moment of schadenfreud—taking pleasure in another’s misfortune—when I read that, in late September, the Russians had seized the Greenpeace ship, Arctic Sunrise, and towed it to the port of [...]
Fukushima Reactor Re-Opens

My Cold War and Now Yours

By Alan Caruba. I spent the better part of my life during the Cold War that began at the end of World War Two in 1945 and did not end until the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991. It was replaced by the Russian Federation. On February [...]
Red lines crossed – Send in the troops, now!

Red lines crossed – Send in the troops, now!

    By Oliver Krumme.   It was long overdue, the red line have been crossed several times now it has been confirmed. According to very recent reports by UN Inspectors, the Assad regime has used chemical weapons against its own [...]
Heading Towards a Damned Cold Winter – The Snowden Effect

Heading Towards a Damned Cold Winter – The Snowden Effect

    By Oliver Krumme. If someone believed that a sole insignificant man would have no effect on the broader global scale or even the relations between two countries, Edward Snowden is proving the exact opposite. However, he is not [...]
The Continuing Collapse of the Global Warming Hoax

The Continuing Collapse of the Global Warming Hoax

By Alan Caruba. While the nation tries to come to grips with the cascade of scandals involving the Obama administration, a significant phenomenon has been occurring. It is the demise of the global warming/climate change hoax that has driven [...]
Casey Luskin from the Discovery Institute responds to critics of Intelligent Design

It’s getting cold – Russian-German relations at stake

By Oliver Krumme. There he is again: the evil Russian – or the evil German, depending from which side you look at it. During his visit to the Industrial fair in Hanover, Russian President Vladimir Putin had to face a deterioration of the Russian-German [...]