Tomgram: Nina Burleigh, The Pandemic Memory Hole

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World War I was, however faintly, still part of my life when I grew up in the Cold War years. I can remember being hoisted on my father’s shoulders to see the aging American veterans of that global conflict during what must have been a Veterans Day parade down New York City’s Fifth Avenue. My parents talked about their memories of both world wars, as well as the Roaring read more

Tomgram: Dilip Hiro, Who’s Rising and Falling on Planet Earth?

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Here’s the strange thing: these days, you would think that China was “rising” to potentially top great-power status out of nowhere, out of nothing (unlike the United States). Historically speaking, however, America is the great-power newcomer on this planet. China has had a long history as an empire, the greatest one of its time during certain dynastic reigns, though read more

Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Emperor of Weaponry

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Slaughter Central The United States as a Mass-Killing Machine By

By the time you read this piece, it will already be out of date. The reason’s simple enough. No matter what mayhem I describe, with so much all-American weaponry in this world of ours, there’s no way to keep up. Often, despite the headlines that go with mass killings here, there’s almost no way even to know.

On this planet of ours, America is the emperor of weaponry, even read more