James Loewen’s books include Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong, Lies My Teacher Told Me and Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism. Earlier this year, he spoke at a symposium in Richmond on Confederate monuments and memorials, available on C-SPAN. And a couple of years ago he wrote an article in the Washington Post called “Why do people believe myths about the Confederacy? Because our textbooks
Focus: China and North Korea – Aug 14, 2017
In joint WSJ editorial Mattis, Tillerson say ‘U.S. has no interest in regime change or accelerated reunification of Korea’, pressure China to step up and deal with North Korea – washingtonexaminer.com
Jim Mattis, Rex Tillerson editorial: We’re holding Pyongyang to account – WSJ
General Dunford: ‘It would be a horrible thing were a war to be conducted here on the (Korea) peninsula, and that’s why we’re so focused on coming up with a peaceful way ahead’ – Stripes
Resolve N. Korea nuclear issue peacefully: President Moon – The Straits Times
Trump signs trade actions against China as North Korea crisis looms over move – Washington Times
Trump’s trade war with China is war on North Korea by other means – IBD
US-North Korea standoff could spark economic war with China – CNBC
Chinese state newspaper says Trump trade probe will ‘poison’ relations, it is unfair for Trump to put the burden on China for dissuading Pyongyang from its actions – Reuters
China implements UN sanctions against North Korea, as Trump trade probe looms – Fox News
Top 10 Misconceptions About Charlottesville
1. Let’s start with the obvious. Charlottesville, Virginia, and Charlotte, North Carolina, are actually two completely different places in the world. The flood of concern and good wishes for those of us here in Charlottesville is wonderful and much appreciated. That people can watch TV news about Charlottesville, remember that I live in Charlottesville, and send me their kind greetings addressed to the people of Charlotte is an indication of how common the confusion is. It’s
Focus: The DNC hack in the 2016 presidential election – Aug 11, 2017
Bombshell report by The Nation magazine on the DNC hack: Forensic experts claim it was an inside job, not the Russians. A summary of its most compelling arguments – ijr.com
Big questions about last year’s DNC Hack, experts say it wasn’t a hack at all but a leak—an inside job by someone with access to the DNC’s system – The Nation
Walls closing in on Russiagate conspiracy theorists: Evidence mounts that DNC emails provided to WikiLeaks by inside source – Big League Politics
DNC accuses The Nation peddling “just another conspiracy theory” – Jackpine Radicals
The Nation article about the DNC hack is too incoherent to even debunk, wrote in techno-gibberish that falls apart under even the slightest scrutiny – nymag.com
Why is The Nation giving space to tinfoil haberdashers and pro-Putin propagandists? – Shakesville
The DNC hack: Discussion on the bandwidth speeds available today on the Internet – City-Data Forum
AUDIO: Seymour Hersh states Seth Rich was WikiLeaks source – Big League Politics
Playing Nuclear “Chicken” With Our Lives
What kind of civilization have we developed when two mentally unstable national leaders, in an escalating confrontation with each other, threaten one another―and the world―with nuclear war?
That question arises as a potentially violent showdown emerges between Kim Jong Un of North Korea and Donald Trump of the United States. In recent years, the North Korean government has produced about 10 nuclear weapons and has
Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, The Great Hysteria
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Slouching Toward Mar-a-Lago
The Post-Cold-War Consensus Collapses
By Andrew J. Bacevich
Like it or not, the president of the United States embodies America itself. The individual inhabiting the White House has become the preeminent symbol of who we are and what we represent as a nation and a people. In a fundamental sense, he is us.
It was not always so. Millard Fillmore, the
Focus: Raqqa – Aug 7, 2017
ISIS vows grueling battle against U.S.-led coalition forces in Raqqa – freebeacon.com
ISIS warns of ‘a fire that burns the cross and its people’, In the new issue of its magazine Rumiyah interviews a Raqqa commander – pjmedia.com
The Islamic State’s latest issue of the magazine Rumiyah includes instructions to fighters on how to dodge white phosphorus reportedly used by U.S. and Russian forces – The Daily Caller
Full English text of the Islamic State’s latest issue of the magazine Rumiyah (slow to download) – rum12en.pdf
In Raqqa, a battle of attrition as civilians flee in shock – The Washington Post
Three suburbs captured in Raqqa city after Kurdish forces resume offensive – almasdarnews.com
In pictures: ISIS combatants lurk around every Raqqa corner with rocket launchers – almasdarnews.com
In pictures: ISIS suicide bomber takes out large Kurdish gathering in Raqqa city – almasdarnews.com
Tomgram: Robert Lipsyte, Hail to the Duffer in Chief
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The Sport of Plutocrats
Golf Is Trump
By Robert Lipsyte
While waiting for Trump to jump the tracks, let’s savor the day when his inevitable train wreck first passed through a critical safety switch. On June 9th, President Trump alienated his true base -- the reactionary rich -- by driving his golf cart onto
Tomgram: Ann Jones, Can the Age of Trump Spur Medicare for All?
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Scandinavia in Maryland?
Medicare for All in One State
By Ann Jones
You may have noticed that quite a few of the formerly united states of America have been choosing to go their own way. My own state, Massachusetts, now blooms with
Focus: Russia Sanctions and Europe – July 31, 2017
State TV interview: Putin defends massive cut of US diplomatic staff in Russia in response to sanctions – TASS
VIDEO: Putin: US diplomatic mission needs to cut 755 employees, time to show we won’t leave anything unanswered – YouTube
Washington can decide embassy staff cuts, Kremlin says – TheHill
Putin says the U.S. diplomatic mission in Russia needs to cut 755 employees. What do all these people do? – The Denver Post
U.S. embassy in Moscow says locked out of diplomatic property – reuters.com
What’s in the Russia sanctions bill that Trump will sign – ABC News
Will Trump hold signing ceremony on Russian sanctions? – TheHill
ARCHIVE: Text of bill to provide congressional review and to counter aggression by the Governments of Iran, the Russian Federation, and North Korea – docs.house.gov