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The Iran War started off at the end of February with a massive joint bombardment by the United States and Israel militaries of targets in Iran. War with Iran had been in planning in the US military since Iranians rose up nearly…

Not surprisingly the Memorandum of Understanding ending the US-Israel war on Iran means different things to different people. Since its signing, the Trump administration has actively attempted to renegotiate the deal in real time. These attempts haven’t opened the Strait of Hormuz.…

In April of 2024, I wrote about the Texas government opening up roads in the state to mini vehicles often referred to as kei trucks or kei cars. Then, in December of last year, President Donald Trump gained attention with his expression…

According to analysis by Stephen Semler in a Friday Responsible Statecraft article, Americans’ opposition to the Iran War exceeds Americans’ previous polling-indicated opposition to other major United States wars of recent decades, from World War II through the Korean War, Vietnam War,…

Alan Greenspan, who died on Monday, is being remembered largely for his time as chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 through 2006. In that position, Greenspan played a critical role in advancing the American state. But, it is also important to…

On Thursday, the justices of the United States Supreme Court unanimously concluded in deciding the case of United States v. Hemani that the US government violates the Second Amendment of the Constitution in enforcing a prohibition on people owning or possessing guns…

The norm in America used to be for one parent to stay home, looking after the home and children. Over time, that situation has increasingly become uncommon as economic pressure has pushed both parents to hold full-time jobs. A new report from…

United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth likes to be referred to by the title secretary of war. Given his answer to a question at a Wednesday press conference at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida, it may make sense for Hegseth…

The Israel government has done a lot to earn dislike through bringing death and destruction on a vast scale. People are seeing Israel’s attacks in the last few years on Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, and beyond as using destructive force that is not…

On Thursday, I wrote about the United States military’s continuing campaign of blowing up small boats, and killing their occupants in the process, in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. The so-called justification for this killing spree is to win, or at…