War and Foreign Policy

Mark Thornton argues the AI data-center bond boom is the latest techno bubble—cheap-money malinvestment dressed up as a new era.

Twenty-five years after 9/11, many seek to rehabilitate the War on Terror by appealing to the horror of 9/11, the right to respond, and the ideal of fighting terrorism. Many now demand that we judge an idealized “War on Terror” by its intentions rather than the war that actually occurred.

Twenty-five years after 9/11, many seek to rehabilitate the War on Terror by appealing to the horror of 9/11, the right to respond, and the ideal of fighting terrorism. Many now demand that we judge an idealized “War on Terror” by its intentions rather than the war that actually occurred.

Empire creates the foundation for foreign meddling in domestic politics.

Ignorance is treated as a reason to trust the state rather than a reason to withhold judgment about its exercise of coercion. To assume that the state’s unknown information is correct and justifying is therefore to err on the side of violence.

Mark Thornton argues Washington’s political theater cannot paper over the mounting costs of war, sanctions, debt, and inflation.

When planes slammed into the World Trade Center Towers, the Pentagon, and in a Pennsylvania field on September 11, 2001, our world was changed for the worse. The lessons to be learned were never heeded, which led to permanent US decline.

Ignorance is treated as a reason to trust the state rather than a reason to withhold judgment about its exercise of coercion. To assume that the state’s unknown information is correct and justifying is therefore to err on the side of violence.

As the Iran war and other events challenge US hegemony around the world, reality is forcing Americans to rethink what they once took for granted.

The interference of US sanctions against Cuba are also interfering with airline schedules and are damaging the airline industry.