Trump's toxic aggrieved nation schtick is getting old
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 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 10 YEARS, 9 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 10 YEARS, 9 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 10 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?
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 10 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 10 YEARS, 10 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 10 YEARS, 10 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 10 YEARS, 10 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 10 YEARS, 10 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 10 YEARS, 10 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 10 YEARS, 10 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 10 YEARS, 10 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 10 YEARS, 10 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.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 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, 11 MONTHS AGO
Getting away with torture
Now we have it straight from the chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Sen. Dianne Feinstein: “Under any common meaning of the term, CIA detainees were tortured. I also believe that the conditions of confinement and the use of authorized and unauthorized interrogation and conditioning techniques were cruel, …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Getting away with torture
Now we have it straight from the chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Sen. Dianne Feinstein: “Under any common meaning of the term, CIA detainees were tortured. I also believe that the conditions of confinement and the use of authorized and unauthorized interrogation and conditioning techniques were cruel, …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Election 2014: The good news and bad
The 2014 midterm election delivered both good news and bad. The good news is that the losers lost. The bad news is that the winners won.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Election 2014: The good news and bad
The 2014 midterm election delivered both good news and bad. The good news is that the losers lost. The bad news is that the winners won.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Obama still does a good imitation of Bush
We really should be used to this by now. After almost six years in office, President Obama is far more like George W. Bush in national-security matters than he led the American people to believe.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Obama still does a good imitation of Bush
We really should be used to this by now. After almost six years in office, President Obama is far more like George W. Bush in national-security matters than he led the American people to believe.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Abolish the income tax and IRS
For some time now we’ve lived with the scourge of civil asset forfeiture, under which the police can seize a person’s property on the mere suspicion it was used in a crime and without having to charge the owner with an offense. Since the authorities have no burden to prove …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Abolish the income tax and IRS
For some time now we’ve lived with the scourge of civil asset forfeiture, under which the police can seize a person’s property on the mere suspicion it was used in a crime and without having to charge the owner with an offense. Since the authorities have no burden to prove …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
The politicians are scaring you again
They are doing it again. “They” are the war-party politicians, Democrats and Republicans. “It” is scaring you into supporting another war in the Middle East.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
The politicians are scaring you again
They are doing it again. “They” are the war-party politicians, Democrats and Republicans. “It” is scaring you into supporting another war in the Middle East.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Will American ground troops be sent to fight ISIS?
With the United States dropping bombs on yet another Muslim country, we might benefit from a close look at President Obama’s anti–Islamic State strategy.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Will American ground troops be sent to fight ISIS?
With the United States dropping bombs on yet another Muslim country, we might benefit from a close look at President Obama’s anti–Islamic State strategy.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Is the foreign policy elite clueless?
The American foreign-policy elite seems to have no idea what it’s doing.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Is the foreign policy elite clueless?
The American foreign-policy elite seems to have no idea what it’s doing.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Obama follows Bush's Iraq playbook
U.S. politicians are exploiting the gruesome beheadings of two American journalists to whip up war fever against ISIS, the “criminal gang” masquerading as an organization of devout Sunni Muslims that controls large parts of Syria and Iraq. The American propaganda campaign seems to be working if recent polls are accurate.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Obama follows Bush's Iraq playbook
U.S. politicians are exploiting the gruesome beheadings of two American journalists to whip up war fever against ISIS, the “criminal gang” masquerading as an organization of devout Sunni Muslims that controls large parts of Syria and Iraq. The American propaganda campaign seems to be working if recent polls are accurate.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Mission creep in Iraq
There are several reasons not to intervene militarily in another country’s conflict, even modestly. One is the potential for mission creep.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Mission creep in Iraq
There are several reasons not to intervene militarily in another country’s conflict, even modestly. One is the potential for mission creep.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Out of Iraq, etc.
Nearly a century ago, after four bloody years of World War I, British colonialists created the state of Iraq, complete with their hand-picked monarch.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Out of Iraq, etc.
Nearly a century ago, after four bloody years of World War I, British colonialists created the state of Iraq, complete with their hand-picked monarch.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
U.S. government still trying to subvert Cuba
When I saw the headline about the U.S. government and Cuba in my newspaper the other day, I thought I’d awoken in 1961. It was a Twilight Zone moment for sure: “U.S. program aimed to stir dissent in Cuba.” I expected Rod Serling to welcome me to “another dimension.”
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
U.S. government still trying to subvert Cuba
When I saw the headline about the U.S. government and Cuba in my newspaper the other day, I thought I’d awoken in 1961. It was a Twilight Zone moment for sure: “U.S. program aimed to stir dissent in Cuba.” I expected Rod Serling to welcome me to “another dimension.”
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Borderlands: What's happening to America?
A man, an American citizen, sits in his car as a U.S. Border Patrol agent insists that he roll down his window. He refuses. Agents use battering rams to smash the windows. Still, the driver refuses to leave his car, so he is hit with a Taser from two sides. …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Borderlands: What's happening to America?
A man, an American citizen, sits in his car as a U.S. Border Patrol agent insists that he roll down his window. He refuses. Agents use battering rams to smash the windows. Still, the driver refuses to leave his car, so he is hit with a Taser from two sides. …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
In foreign affairs, not doing anything is the thing to do
The heartbreaking violence in the Middle East, Ukraine and elsewhere carries many messages, but here’s one Americans shouldn’t miss: The United States — no matter who the president is — cannot manage world conflict. The corollary is that when a president tries to manage it, things will usually get worse. …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
In foreign affairs, not doing anything is the thing to do
The heartbreaking violence in the Middle East, Ukraine and elsewhere carries many messages, but here’s one Americans shouldn’t miss: The United States — no matter who the president is — cannot manage world conflict. The corollary is that when a president tries to manage it, things will usually get worse. …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Again, the isolationist smear
It doesn’t take much to be smeared as an isolationist by leading Republicans. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who appears to be running for president again, and former vice president Dick Cheney — not to mention Sen. John McCain, Gov. Chris Christie and other members of the GOP establishment — can …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Again, the isolationist smear
It doesn’t take much to be smeared as an isolationist by leading Republicans. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who appears to be running for president again, and former vice president Dick Cheney — not to mention Sen. John McCain, Gov. Chris Christie and other members of the GOP establishment — can …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Let the immigrants stay
Virtually all commentary about the influx of unaccompanied Central American children into the United States, which some say could rise to 90,000 this year, misses the point — no government has the moral authority to capture these kids and send them back to the miserable situations they have escaped.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Let the immigrants stay
Virtually all commentary about the influx of unaccompanied Central American children into the United States, which some say could rise to 90,000 this year, misses the point — no government has the moral authority to capture these kids and send them back to the miserable situations they have escaped.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Hobby Lobby ruling falls short
As far as it went, the Supreme Court generally got it right in the Hobby Lobby-Obamacare contraception case. Unfortunately it didn’t go nearly far enough.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Hobby Lobby ruling falls short
As far as it went, the Supreme Court generally got it right in the Hobby Lobby-Obamacare contraception case. Unfortunately it didn’t go nearly far enough.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
News coverage misinforms Americans on Bergdahl swap
In national-security matters, the news media couldn’t do a better job misinforming the public if they tried. The latest example is their portrayal of the five Taliban officials traded for Bowe Bergdahl.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
News coverage misinforms Americans on Bergdahl swap
In national-security matters, the news media couldn’t do a better job misinforming the public if they tried. The latest example is their portrayal of the five Taliban officials traded for Bowe Bergdahl.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Sgt. Bergdahl and the fog of war
The “fog of war” is a reference to the moral chaos on the battlefield as well as the rampant confusion. Individuals kill others for no other reason than that they are ordered to. Things deemed unambiguously bad in civilian life are authorized and even lauded in war. The killing and …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Sgt. Bergdahl and the fog of war
The “fog of war” is a reference to the moral chaos on the battlefield as well as the rampant confusion. Individuals kill others for no other reason than that they are ordered to. Things deemed unambiguously bad in civilian life are authorized and even lauded in war. The killing and …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
The Iranian threat that never was
If you take politicians and the mainstream media seriously, you believe that Iran wants a nuclear weapon and has relentlessly engaged in covert efforts to build one.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
The Iranian threat that never was
If you take politicians and the mainstream media seriously, you believe that Iran wants a nuclear weapon and has relentlessly engaged in covert efforts to build one.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Did Team Obama blunder or conspire in Ukraine?
While no one ever lost money overestimating the capacity of the U.S. government to blunder, we cannot rule out that American officials knew exactly what they were doing when they helped provoke the crisis in Ukraine.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Did Team Obama blunder or conspire in Ukraine?
While no one ever lost money overestimating the capacity of the U.S. government to blunder, we cannot rule out that American officials knew exactly what they were doing when they helped provoke the crisis in Ukraine.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
American hawks risk escalating the Ukrainian crisis
With Russia and the United States confronting each other over Ukraine, the world is at a dangerous juncture. While the chances of war between the two behemoths seem small — these are, after all, nuclear powers that have avoided war for over 60 years — nothing can be taken for …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
American hawks risk escalating the Ukrainian crisis
With Russia and the United States confronting each other over Ukraine, the world is at a dangerous juncture. While the chances of war between the two behemoths seem small — these are, after all, nuclear powers that have avoided war for over 60 years — nothing can be taken for …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Obama should steer clear of Ukraine
President Obama insists he does not regard the conflict in Ukraine “as some Cold War chessboard in which we are in competition with Russia.”
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Obama should steer clear of Ukraine
President Obama insists he does not regard the conflict in Ukraine “as some Cold War chessboard in which we are in competition with Russia.”
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
The lethal legacy of U.S. foreign intervention
Americans seem to believe that once the U.S. military exits a foreign country, its moral accountability ends. But the deadly consequences — and culpability — continue long after the last soldier leaves.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
The lethal legacy of U.S. foreign intervention
Americans seem to believe that once the U.S. military exits a foreign country, its moral accountability ends. But the deadly consequences — and culpability — continue long after the last soldier leaves.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Give America a raise?
President Obama said something especially perplexing when he implored Congress during his State of the Union address to “Give America a raise.”
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Give America a raise?
President Obama said something especially perplexing when he implored Congress during his State of the Union address to “Give America a raise.”
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
The surveillance state lives
President Obama has some nerve. He opened his speech on National Security Agency spying by likening his surveillance regime to Paul Revere and the Sons of Liberty. How insulting. They were helping people resist government tyranny, and the British spied on them to put down the coming rebellion.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
The surveillance state lives
President Obama has some nerve. He opened his speech on National Security Agency spying by likening his surveillance regime to Paul Revere and the Sons of Liberty. How insulting. They were helping people resist government tyranny, and the British spied on them to put down the coming rebellion.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
U.S. foreign policy is a shambles
With al-Qaeda affiliates wreaking havoc in Iraq, Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham seem to lament that no U.S. troops are on the scene to get in on the action.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
U.S. foreign policy is a shambles
With al-Qaeda affiliates wreaking havoc in Iraq, Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham seem to lament that no U.S. troops are on the scene to get in on the action.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Does Obama want an agreement with Iran or not?
What are President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry up to with Iran?
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Does Obama want an agreement with Iran or not?
What are President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry up to with Iran?
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Mandela wasn't radical enough
I suppose we will forever be subjected to incomplete accounts of the life of Nelson Mandela and the evil he struggled against. Both the Right and the Left (as conventionally defined in America) are too busy pushing agendas to provide the full story.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS AGO
Mandela wasn't radical enough
I suppose we will forever be subjected to incomplete accounts of the life of Nelson Mandela and the evil he struggled against. Both the Right and the Left (as conventionally defined in America) are too busy pushing agendas to provide the full story.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS AGO
In Afghanistan, they died for no good cause
Last week, a remarkable exchange about the future role of the U.S. military in Afghanistan took place on the MSNBC television program “Andrea Mitchell Reports.” In a discussion of the U.S. government’s uncertain negotiations with Afghan President Hamid Karzai over the continued presence of U.S. troops beyond 2014, NBC’s chief …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS AGO
In Afghanistan, they died for no good cause
Last week, a remarkable exchange about the future role of the U.S. military in Afghanistan took place on the MSNBC television program “Andrea Mitchell Reports.” In a discussion of the U.S. government’s uncertain negotiations with Afghan President Hamid Karzai over the continued presence of U.S. troops beyond 2014, NBC’s chief …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS AGO
Iran: It's not about nuclear weapons
If you want to understand the U.S.-Iran controversy, know this: It is not about nuclear weapons.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS AGO
Iran: It's not about nuclear weapons
If you want to understand the U.S.-Iran controversy, know this: It is not about nuclear weapons.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS AGO
Preventing war with Iran is top priority
The best way to keep Iran from building a nuclear bomb is for the Obama administration and its nuclear client Israel to stop threatening the Islamic Republic.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Preventing war with Iran is top priority
The best way to keep Iran from building a nuclear bomb is for the Obama administration and its nuclear client Israel to stop threatening the Islamic Republic.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Inflation is the last thing we need
“Some economists say more inflation is just what the American economy needs to escape from a half-decade of sluggish growth and high unemployment,” the New York Times reports.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Inflation is the last thing we need
“Some economists say more inflation is just what the American economy needs to escape from a half-decade of sluggish growth and high unemployment,” the New York Times reports.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Inflation is the last thing we need
“Some economists say more inflation is just what the American economy needs to escape from a half-decade of sluggish growth and high unemployment,” the New York Times reports.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Does Obama have the courage to pursue peace with Iran?
Settling the nuclear controversy with Iran peacefully will require courage on President Obama’s part. Does he have what it will take to resist those who prefer war?
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Does Obama have the courage to pursue peace with Iran?
Settling the nuclear controversy with Iran peacefully will require courage on President Obama’s part. Does he have what it will take to resist those who prefer war?
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Does Obama have the courage to pursue peace with Iran?
Settling the nuclear controversy with Iran peacefully will require courage on President Obama’s part. Does he have what it will take to resist those who prefer war?
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Don't look for grown-ups in government
With the government partially closed for over two weeks now and the debt-ceiling deadline upon us, the pundits are demanding that the “grown-ups in the room” finally put a stop to the childish goings-on in Washington.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Don't look for grown-ups in government
With the government partially closed for over two weeks now and the debt-ceiling deadline upon us, the pundits are demanding that the “grown-ups in the room” finally put a stop to the childish goings-on in Washington.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Don't look for grown-ups in government
With the government partially closed for over two weeks now and the debt-ceiling deadline upon us, the pundits are demanding that the “grown-ups in the room” finally put a stop to the childish goings-on in Washington.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
The U.S. needs to stop demonizing Iran
Not everyone wants the United States to improve relations with Iran. Some prefer war instead. Not because Iran is a threat to the American people, or the Israelis, but because a friendly Iran would no longer furnish the convenient enemy the hawks in the United States and Israel need.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
The U.S. needs to stop demonizing Iran
Not everyone wants the United States to improve relations with Iran. Some prefer war instead. Not because Iran is a threat to the American people, or the Israelis, but because a friendly Iran would no longer furnish the convenient enemy the hawks in the United States and Israel need.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
The U.S. needs to stop demonizing Iran
Not everyone wants the United States to improve relations with Iran. Some prefer war instead. Not because Iran is a threat to the American people, or the Israelis, but because a friendly Iran would no longer furnish the convenient enemy the hawks in the United States and Israel need.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Can Iran trust the United States?
People ask whether the United States can trust Iran. The better question is whether Iran can trust the United States.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Can Iran trust the United States?
People ask whether the United States can trust Iran. The better question is whether Iran can trust the United States.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Can Iran trust the United States?
People ask whether the United States can trust Iran. The better question is whether Iran can trust the United States.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Kenyan massacre's roots in America's Somalia policy
Last weekend’s hostage-taking — and the murder of at least 62 people — at the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, has its roots in the U.S. government’s intervention in Somalia, which began in the 1990s.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Kenyan massacre's roots in America's Somalia policy
Last weekend’s hostage-taking — and the murder of at least 62 people — at the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, has its roots in the U.S. government’s intervention in Somalia, which began in the 1990s.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Kenyan massacre's roots in America's Somalia policy
Last weekend’s hostage-taking — and the murder of at least 62 people — at the Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, has its roots in the U.S. government’s intervention in Somalia, which began in the 1990s.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
How the U.S. can help rid the world of chemical weapons
If President Obama is serious about ridding the world, and not just Syria, of chemical weapons, he and America’s closest allies in the Middle East should lead the way.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
How the U.S. can help rid the world of chemical weapons
If President Obama is serious about ridding the world, and not just Syria, of chemical weapons, he and America’s closest allies in the Middle East should lead the way.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
How the U.S. can help rid the world of chemical weapons
If President Obama is serious about ridding the world, and not just Syria, of chemical weapons, he and America’s closest allies in the Middle East should lead the way.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
We must not be the world's policeman
Even if everything Secretary of State John Kerry says about chemical weapons in Syria were true, the evidence would prove only that Bashar al-Assad committed crimes against civilians. It would not prove that the U.S. government has either the moral or legal authority to commit acts of war.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
We must not be the world's policeman
Even if everything Secretary of State John Kerry says about chemical weapons in Syria were true, the evidence would prove only that Bashar al-Assad committed crimes against civilians. It would not prove that the U.S. government has either the moral or legal authority to commit acts of war.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
We must not be the world's policeman
Even if everything Secretary of State John Kerry says about chemical weapons in Syria were true, the evidence would prove only that Bashar al-Assad committed crimes against civilians. It would not prove that the U.S. government has either the moral or legal authority to commit acts of war.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
U.S. has no moral standing to condemn Assad
Whether or not Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons, President Obama has no legitimate grounds to intervene.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
U.S. has no moral standing to condemn Assad
Whether or not Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons, President Obama has no legitimate grounds to intervene.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
U.S. has no moral standing to condemn Assad
Whether or not Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons, President Obama has no legitimate grounds to intervene.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Delete the Fed
Who should run the Federal Reserve System when chairman Ben Bernanke’s term expires next year: Vice chairwoman Janet Yellen or former Obama adviser Lawrence Summers? Neither. Who then? No one.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Delete the Fed
Who should run the Federal Reserve System when chairman Ben Bernanke’s term expires next year: Vice chairwoman Janet Yellen or former Obama adviser Lawrence Summers? Neither. Who then? No one.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Delete the Fed
Who should run the Federal Reserve System when chairman Ben Bernanke’s term expires next year: Vice chairwoman Janet Yellen or former Obama adviser Lawrence Summers? Neither. Who then? No one.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Stop-and-frisk: How government creates problems, then makes them worse
Two recent law-enforcement decisions illustrate yet again that when government sets out to solve a problem it created, things get much worse.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Stop-and-frisk: How government creates problems, then makes them worse
Two recent law-enforcement decisions illustrate yet again that when government sets out to solve a problem it created, things get much worse.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Stop-and-frisk: How government creates problems, then makes them worse
Two recent law-enforcement decisions illustrate yet again that when government sets out to solve a problem it created, things get much worse.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
The U.S. empire provokes terrorism
Perhaps we’ll never know if intercepted chatter between al-Qaeda leaders — which prompted the U.S. government to close dozens of diplomatic missions in the Muslim world and to issue a worldwide travel alert — was serious or not. But mischief shouldn’t be ruled out.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
The U.S. empire provokes terrorism
Perhaps we’ll never know if intercepted chatter between al-Qaeda leaders — which prompted the U.S. government to close dozens of diplomatic missions in the Muslim world and to issue a worldwide travel alert — was serious or not. But mischief shouldn’t be ruled out.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
The U.S. empire provokes terrorism
Perhaps we’ll never know if intercepted chatter between al-Qaeda leaders — which prompted the U.S. government to close dozens of diplomatic missions in the Muslim world and to issue a worldwide travel alert — was serious or not. But mischief shouldn’t be ruled out.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
How to help fast-food workers
Doubling the minimum wage may seem like a good way to help fast-food workers, but it would hurt them instead. So what should we do? We must sweep away the government-created barriers to income earning, barriers that protect established businesses from competition and rob the most vulnerable people of options.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
How to help fast-food workers
Doubling the minimum wage may seem like a good way to help fast-food workers, but it would hurt them instead. So what should we do? We must sweep away the government-created barriers to income earning, barriers that protect established businesses from competition and rob the most vulnerable people of options.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
How to help fast-food workers
Doubling the minimum wage may seem like a good way to help fast-food workers, but it would hurt them instead. So what should we do? We must sweep away the government-created barriers to income earning, barriers that protect established businesses from competition and rob the most vulnerable people of options.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
The economics lesson Obama needs to learn
President Barack Obama is again turning his attention to the elusive economic recovery. His “pivot” will be for naught, however, as long as he continues to ignore two important points — first, government is a major squanderer of scarce resources, and second, its regulations are impediments to saving and investment.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
The economics lesson Obama needs to learn
President Barack Obama is again turning his attention to the elusive economic recovery. His “pivot” will be for naught, however, as long as he continues to ignore two important points — first, government is a major squanderer of scarce resources, and second, its regulations are impediments to saving and investment.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
The economics lesson Obama needs to learn
President Barack Obama is again turning his attention to the elusive economic recovery. His “pivot” will be for naught, however, as long as he continues to ignore two important points — first, government is a major squanderer of scarce resources, and second, its regulations are impediments to saving and investment.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Zimmerman case is no grounds for gun control
From the beginning, people who would ban all private guns if they could have used the George Zimmerman case to push their agenda. They push on two fronts: First, they argue that Zimmerman’s 2012 fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, who had no gun, demonstrates that guns are an unmitigated evil. …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Zimmerman case is no grounds for gun control
From the beginning, people who would ban all private guns if they could have used the George Zimmerman case to push their agenda. They push on two fronts: First, they argue that Zimmerman’s 2012 fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, who had no gun, demonstrates that guns are an unmitigated evil. …
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Zimmerman case is no grounds for gun control
From the beginning, people who would ban all private guns if they could have used the George Zimmerman case to push their agenda. They push on two fronts: First, they argue that Zimmerman’s 2012 fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, who had no gun, demonstrates that guns are an unmitigated evil. …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
What the immigration bill overlooks
In passing the monstrosity known as immigration “reform,” the Senate overlooked a few things of importance. This is unsurprising. A bill on immigration that is backed by leading Republicans and Democrats, big business and government co-opted unions is bound to have missed some things.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
What the immigration bill overlooks
In passing the monstrosity known as immigration “reform,” the Senate overlooked a few things of importance. This is unsurprising. A bill on immigration that is backed by leading Republicans and Democrats, big business and government co-opted unions is bound to have missed some things.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
What the immigration bill overlooks
In passing the monstrosity known as immigration “reform,” the Senate overlooked a few things of importance. This is unsurprising. A bill on immigration that is backed by leading Republicans and Democrats, big business and government co-opted unions is bound to have missed some things.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Big Brother, not Snowden and Greenwald, is the story
“Instead of being adversaries to government power … [the media of Washington, D.C., are] … servants to it and mouthpieces for it.”
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Big Brother, not Snowden and Greenwald, is the story
“Instead of being adversaries to government power … [the media of Washington, D.C., are] … servants to it and mouthpieces for it.”
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Big Brother, not Snowden and Greenwald, is the story
“Instead of being adversaries to government power … [the media of Washington, D.C., are] … servants to it and mouthpieces for it.”
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Motives aside, the NSA should not spy on us
You need not suspect the motives of those responsible for NSA surveillance to detest what they are doing. In fact, we may have more to fear from spies acting out of patriotic zeal than those acting out of power lust or economic interest: Zealots are more likely to eschew restraints …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Motives aside, the NSA should not spy on us
You need not suspect the motives of those responsible for NSA surveillance to detest what they are doing. In fact, we may have more to fear from spies acting out of patriotic zeal than those acting out of power lust or economic interest: Zealots are more likely to eschew restraints …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Motives aside, the NSA should not spy on us
You need not suspect the motives of those responsible for NSA surveillance to detest what they are doing. In fact, we may have more to fear from spies acting out of patriotic zeal than those acting out of power lust or economic interest: Zealots are more likely to eschew restraints …
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Abolish the IRS - and the income tax with it
The Internal Revenue Service has been caught engaging in political profiling while processing applications for tax-exempt status. In this case it was against organizations with “tea party” or “patriot” in their names and other right-wing groups. Next time it could be libertarian or left wing antiwar and pro-civil liberties groups. …
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Abolish the IRS - and the income tax with it
The Internal Revenue Service has been caught engaging in political profiling while processing applications for tax-exempt status. In this case it was against organizations with “tea party” or “patriot” in their names and other right-wing groups. Next time it could be libertarian or left wing antiwar and pro-civil liberties groups. …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Abolish the IRS - and the income tax with it
The Internal Revenue Service has been caught engaging in political profiling while processing applications for tax-exempt status. In this case it was against organizations with “tea party” or “patriot” in their names and other right-wing groups. Next time it could be libertarian or left wing antiwar and pro-civil liberties groups. …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Gun control demagogy
Demagogues offend us because they try to bypass our rational faculty with appeals to gut emotion. That pretty well sums up what gun controllers have done since the Newtown tragedy.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Gun control demagogy
Demagogues offend us because they try to bypass our rational faculty with appeals to gut emotion. That pretty well sums up what gun controllers have done since the Newtown tragedy.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Gun control demagogy
Demagogues offend us because they try to bypass our rational faculty with appeals to gut emotion. That pretty well sums up what gun controllers have done since the Newtown tragedy.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
The absurdity of universal background checks
Those who favor “universal” background checks on gun buyers make some ridiculous arguments. For example, opponents correctly point out that gun buyers with criminal intent will always find channels that require no background check. Gunrunning is among the oldest professions, and the black market will always be with us. Thus …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
The absurdity of universal background checks
Those who favor “universal” background checks on gun buyers make some ridiculous arguments. For example, opponents correctly point out that gun buyers with criminal intent will always find channels that require no background check. Gunrunning is among the oldest professions, and the black market will always be with us. Thus …
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
The absurdity of universal background checks
Those who favor “universal” background checks on gun buyers make some ridiculous arguments. For example, opponents correctly point out that gun buyers with criminal intent will always find channels that require no background check. Gunrunning is among the oldest professions, and the black market will always be with us. Thus …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
How the news media betrayed us on Iraq
The 10th anniversary of the start of America’s illegal and aggressive war against Iraq should not pass without recalling that the mainstream news media eagerly participated in the Bush administration’s dishonest campaign for public support.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
How the news media betrayed us on Iraq
The 10th anniversary of the start of America’s illegal and aggressive war against Iraq should not pass without recalling that the mainstream news media eagerly participated in the Bush administration’s dishonest campaign for public support.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
How the news media betrayed us on Iraq
The 10th anniversary of the start of America’s illegal and aggressive war against Iraq should not pass without recalling that the mainstream news media eagerly participated in the Bush administration’s dishonest campaign for public support.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Disasters that U.S. intervention created
Americans have forgotten about the Iraq war, which began 10 years ago this week, and the Afghan war, the longest in American history, but the U.S. government is still throwing its weight around in both countries.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Disasters that U.S. intervention created
Americans have forgotten about the Iraq war, which began 10 years ago this week, and the Afghan war, the longest in American history, but the U.S. government is still throwing its weight around in both countries.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Disasters that U.S. intervention created
Americans have forgotten about the Iraq war, which began 10 years ago this week, and the Afghan war, the longest in American history, but the U.S. government is still throwing its weight around in both countries.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
The Dow Jones is lying
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is at a record high, and the unemployment rate has ticked down to 7.7 percent, but this is no time to celebrate. The economy is still in the doldrums.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
The Dow Jones is lying
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is at a record high, and the unemployment rate has ticked down to 7.7 percent, but this is no time to celebrate. The economy is still in the doldrums.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
The Dow Jones is lying
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is at a record high, and the unemployment rate has ticked down to 7.7 percent, but this is no time to celebrate. The economy is still in the doldrums.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Cutting government would boost economy
Budget sequestration is as modest a step toward cutting Leviathan as one can imagine. Further progress will be difficult as long as people believe that slashing the size of government conflicts with reviving the economy. Nothing could be further from the truth.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Cutting government would boost economy
Budget sequestration is as modest a step toward cutting Leviathan as one can imagine. Further progress will be difficult as long as people believe that slashing the size of government conflicts with reviving the economy. Nothing could be further from the truth.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Cutting government would boost economy
Budget sequestration is as modest a step toward cutting Leviathan as one can imagine. Further progress will be difficult as long as people believe that slashing the size of government conflicts with reviving the economy. Nothing could be further from the truth.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
The minimum wage harms the most vulnerable
Crocodile tears are flowing again for low-income people. In his State of the Union address, President Obama proposed raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 an hour. A debate is shaping up between those who support the proposal and those who favor keeping the wage where it is today. …
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
The minimum wage harms the most vulnerable
Crocodile tears are flowing again for low-income people. In his State of the Union address, President Obama proposed raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 an hour. A debate is shaping up between those who support the proposal and those who favor keeping the wage where it is today. …
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
The minimum wage harms the most vulnerable
Crocodile tears are flowing again for low-income people. In his State of the Union address, President Obama proposed raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 an hour. A debate is shaping up between those who support the proposal and those who favor keeping the wage where it is today. …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
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