The twenty-first century, at least up until this point, might well be described as the age of the terrorist. Even though most Americans and Europeans rank terrorism as low among their concerns, the repercussions when a terrorist attack does take place are greatly...
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The Bad Losers and What They Fear Losing
by Diana Johnstone | Dec 19, 2016 | Featured Articles
If the 2016 presidential campaign was a national disgrace, the reaction of the losers is an even more disgraceful spectacle. It seems that the political machine backing Hillary Clinton can’t stand losing an election. And why is that? Because they are determined to...

After Aleppo: We Need a New Syria Policy
by Ron Paul | Dec 19, 2016 | Featured Articles
Over the past week, eastern Aleppo was completely brought back under control of the Syrian government. The population began to return to its homes, many of which were abandoned when al-Qaeda-linked rebels took over in 2012. As far as I know, the western mainstream...
Moscow Attacks!
by Eric Margolis | Dec 18, 2016 | Featured Articles
A senior CIA source tells me "with a high level of certainty" that Russia’s Vladimir Putin was responsibly for Pearl Harbor, the Korean War, Vietnam, and Iraq. This miscreant was also behind 9/11 and ring around the collar.Not since Dr Fu Manchu have we seen such a...
Ron Paul: What’s Missing From The Russian Hack Argument?
by Ron Paul | Dec 17, 2016 | Featured Articles
Without any proof or evidence being presented that Russia interfered with our election, we're just seeing political grandstanding at this point by both President Obama and Secretary Clinton. Have you noticed that there's never any mention or concern about Secretary...
Guess Who’s Behind Facebook’s New ‘Fake News’ Detector?
by Daniel McAdams | Dec 16, 2016 | Featured Articles
Are you terrified of "fake news"? Don't worry, the elites are doing something to combat it!As anyone active on the Internet is aware, there have been increasing calls for social media companies (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) to address the mostly manufactured crisis of...
You Opened the Box…
by Peter van Buren | Dec 16, 2016 | Featured Articles
Once you let the genie out of the bottle, you can’t stuff him back in.Attempts to overturn the results of our election, or to delegitimize a president before he even takes office, are attempts to overturn the system of transfer of power that has served America since...
Credibility Tips for Journalists
by Peter van Buren | Dec 14, 2016 | Featured Articles
The working journalists of America messed the bed with their election coverage this year.For the most part, the media as a whole fetishized the Clinton candidacy (first woman ever! most experienced candidate ever! dynasty!) and treated Trump as an oaf when they...
Bipartisan War: New Study Urges More US Interventions
by Philip Giraldi | Dec 14, 2016 | Featured Articles
The Establishment and Realist foreign policy communities in the United States often seem separated by language which leads them to talk past each other. When a realist or Libertarian talks about non-intervention or restraint in foreign policy, as Ron Paul did in 2008...
Karma Over Russia?
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Dec 12, 2016 | Featured Articles
Not surprisingly, the mainstream media is aghast that President-elect Donald Trump is not automatically deferring to the CIA and its pronouncement that Russia intervened in the US presidential election with the intent of helping Trump defeat his Democratic Party...
Peace in Syria – It’s the Last Thing the US Wants
by Neil Clark | Dec 12, 2016 | Featured Articles
Last week US President Obama waived military aid restrictions for “foreign forces” and others in Syria. When hopes were raised for an end to the Syrian conflict following the recapture of most of eastern Aleppo, the US is pouring more petrol on the fire. Now, we can...

War on ‘Fake News’ Part of a War on Free Speech
by Ron Paul | Dec 11, 2016 | Featured Articles
A major threat to liberty is the assault on the right to discuss political issues, seek out alternative information sources, and promote dissenting ideas and causes such as non-interventionism in foreign and domestic affairs. If this ongoing assault on free speech...
US Sends 200 More Troops To Syria Days After Obama Lifts Ban On Arms Supplies To Rebels
by Tyler Durden | Dec 10, 2016 | Featured Articles
With Assad on the verge of retaking Aleppo, and with it, regaining full control in the ongoing Syrian proxy war, we asked last week in "With Assad On Verge Of Historic Victory, Syrian Rebels Request A Ceasefire" how long before the US intervenes in an attempt to...
Japan’s ‘Nobility of Failure’ in 1941
by Eric Margolis | Dec 10, 2016 | Featured Articles
Seven decades after Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor some truth is finally beginning to emerge from the miasma of propaganda that still clouds our vision of World War II.It seems clear by now that President Franklin Roosevelt’s White House knew from deciphered...
Freedom’s Just Another Word
by Peter van Buren | Dec 10, 2016 | Featured Articles
Here’s what’s left of democracy in America.We had an election, and the candidate favored by Washington, media, and many business elites did not win. Here’s what happened next. — CIA unambiguously but without documentation or evidence presented says, via anonymous...
Washington Post Issues Correction To ‘Fake News’ Story
by Jonathan Turley | Dec 9, 2016 | Featured Articles
The Washington Post has been under fire for its publication of an article entitled, “Russian propaganda effort helped spread ‘fake news’ during election, experts say.” The article by Craig Timberg relied on a controversial website called PropOrNot, which published...
Hillary Reemerges, Slams ‘Dangerous Epidemic’ Of Fake News
by Tyler Durden | Dec 9, 2016 | Featured Articles
Having disappeared from the public scene for almost a month (with the occasional backwood spotting thrown in for dramatic effect), today Hillary Clinton reemerged from a self-imposed social quarantine, and in a exquisitely choreographed Podesta special, addressed the...
The Horrific Consequences of US Interventionism
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Dec 8, 2016 | Featured Articles
Two seemingly unrelated stories in the New York Times yesterday serve as potent reminders of the deadly and disastrous consequences of US interventionism in the Middle East. The stories involve Iran and Libya.Referring to Donald Trump’s campaign vow to tear up the...
Requiem for the Obama Administration, Trump Edition
by Peter van Buren | Dec 7, 2016 | Featured Articles
The problems many are now predicting under the Trump administration did not start on November 8. The near-unrestrained executive power claimed by the Obama administration will be transferred to the president-elect. Here’s what that means. Torture Obama did not...
US Strikes on Syrian Troops: Report Data Contradicts ‘Mistake’ Claims
by Gareth Porter | Dec 7, 2016 | Featured Articles
The summary report on an investigation into US and allied air strikes on Syrian government troops has revealed irregularities in decision-making consistent with a deliberate targeting of Syrian forces. The report, released by US Central Command on 29 November, shows...
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