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US presidential libraries are monuments to hubris and large money pits
From Obama’s $850m gravitas block to Trump’s planned vaults, these libraries mock us with self-important, self-worship.
The beginning of the end of the American Empire
The war on Iran has not only ended in a humiliating defeat for the United States but resulted in a dramatic shift in the balance of power in the Middle East and the global south, says Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Chris Hedges in his latest Substack piece.
Comparing and contrasting Trump and Putin’s visits to Beijing
Two presidential visits to the Chinese capital for two summits with the Chinese president. Brian Green reports on two very different outcomes for Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
Some May Day thoughts on the search for truth in a complex world
On May Day, artist, poet and writer Gordon Liddle offers some apposite reflections on Iran and other oncoming supply catastrophes.
War in Iran: Being America’s friend can be fatal
There is an ongoing debate about whose strategic interests the US/Israel war serves. Is the Israeli tail wagging the US dog or do the US war aims fit into a broader global power struggle? Brian Green says that US interests will prevail in the region and quite possibly at Israel’s expense.
War in Iran: The Israeli tail wags the foreign policy dog
There is an ongoing debate about whose strategic interests the US/Israel war serves. Is the Israeli tail wagging the US dog or do the US war aims fit into a broader global power struggle? Here, John Bernard argues that Israel is calling most of the shots.