ARTICLES BY SHELDON RICHMAN

Trump's toxic aggrieved nation schtick is getting old

THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Domestic fear is the price of empire

If you find no other argument against American intervention abroad persuasive, how about this one? When the U.S. government invades and occupies other countries, or when it underwrites other governments’ invasions or oppression, the people in the victimized societies become angry enough to want and even to exact revenge — …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Domestic fear is the price of empire

If you find no other argument against American intervention abroad persuasive, how about this one? When the U.S. government invades and occupies other countries, or when it underwrites other governments’ invasions or oppression, the people in the victimized societies become angry enough to want and even to exact revenge — …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Foreign policy failure everywhere

If one tried to design a foreign policy to embroil Americans in endless conflicts that would otherwise be quite remote, one could hardly do better than recent presidents of the United States. What could you do that these men have not done to keep Americans mired in distant turmoil?
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Foreign policy failure everywhere

If one tried to design a foreign policy to embroil Americans in endless conflicts that would otherwise be quite remote, one could hardly do better than recent presidents of the United States. What could you do that these men have not done to keep Americans mired in distant turmoil?
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Brian Williams helped pave the way to war

The scandal of the week is NBC anchor Brian Williams’s shabby bid for self-glorification by falsely claiming he was in a U.S. military helicopter forced to land in the Iraqi desert after being hit by ground fire in 2003. Of course, so-called news people shouldn’t make up stuff to look …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Brian Williams helped pave the way to war

The scandal of the week is NBC anchor Brian Williams’s shabby bid for self-glorification by falsely claiming he was in a U.S. military helicopter forced to land in the Iraqi desert after being hit by ground fire in 2003. Of course, so-called news people shouldn’t make up stuff to look …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

America's James Bond complex

Today, American politicians of both major parties — conservatives, “moderates” and so-called liberals alike — insist that the United States is an “exceptional,” even “indispensable,” nation. In practice, this means that for the United States alone, the rules are different. Particularly in international affairs — the government and its personnel …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

America's James Bond complex

Today, American politicians of both major parties — conservatives, “moderates” and so-called liberals alike — insist that the United States is an “exceptional,” even “indispensable,” nation. In practice, this means that for the United States alone, the rules are different. Particularly in international affairs — the government and its personnel …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

The American sniper was no hero

Despite what some people think, hero is not a synonym for competent government-hired killer.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

The American sniper was no hero

Despite what some people think, hero is not a synonym for competent government-hired killer.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Two kinds of income inequality

Income inequality is back in the news, propelled by an Oxfam International report and President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. The question is whether government needs to do something about this — or whether government needs to undo many things.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Two kinds of income inequality

Income inequality is back in the news, propelled by an Oxfam International report and President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. The question is whether government needs to do something about this — or whether government needs to undo many things.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

The ominous Republican hold on Congress

As we face the new year, the biggest concern for peace lovers is Republican control of the U.S. Senate. While Republican votes don’t reach the key number 60, members of the GOP will still be in a strong position to push their belligerent global agenda.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 10 YEARS AGO

The ominous Republican hold on Congress

As we face the new year, the biggest concern for peace lovers is Republican control of the U.S. Senate. While Republican votes don’t reach the key number 60, members of the GOP will still be in a strong position to push their belligerent global agenda.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 10 YEARS AGO

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