March 17, 2021How endless wars and interventions helped create the assault on the Capitol
January 25, 2021"With such human costs of war in mind, it’s a wonder to me that the only bipartisan bill passed by Congress over a presidential veto in the Trump years was the recent monumentally funded $740 billion “defense” bill. Most striking to me, however, amid its massive support for the military-industrial complex, is how little that bill does to expand social support for military families."
August 3, 2020What if the mainstream, reality-based media armed its audience with facts as emphatically and effectively as Fox News arms its audience with misinformation? What if the New York Times aggressively advocated for the truth, rather than just putting it out there for the record?
June 19, 2020We are deep in the age of disappointment on (as Donald Trump has only accentuated) an increasingly disposable planet.
June 5, 2020I’m a Navy officer. I’m a nonprofit CEO. I’m a black man in America.
October 17, 2017By removing most Americans from the combat arena, we gained the ability to wage war forever, and damn the consequences.
October 10, 2017We've been in full combat mode for 16 years — but who’s counting?
September 6, 2017In America’s wars, failure is the new success.
