In an excellent new essay titled "We’re Not the Good Guys -- Why Is American Aggression Missing in Action?", Tom Engelhardt criticizes the way western media outlets consistently describe the behavior of disobedient nations like Iran as "aggressions", but never use that label for the
If you have spent literally any time arguing against western imperialism in any public forum, you have had the experience of being accused of "supporting" one of said imperialism's targets. If you argue against regime change interventionism in Syria, you'll get accused of being an
It's amazing how many people confuse egoic masturbation for revolutionary political activism.We talk a lot about how you can discern the real intentions of a given politician, plutocrat or official by ignoring their words and watching their behavior, but this principle can be applied equally
The old ways have failed us, and yet we keep trying to preserve them.We sit on the brink of extinction, as great a failure as a species can possibly attain, yet still we look to the past for advice.The ancestors built a system which rewards
This article is going to be a bit different. I've gone back and forth about whether to write this because it's not my usual subject matter, but step-parenting to older kids is something I know many people struggle with, and since I happen to have
True romance is what happens when two people turn and face each other and decide at the same time to pour everything they've got into growing more and more intimate with each other in more and more ways, every single day, for as long as
If you are reading this, it's most likely the result of a series of events in your life which have drawn your interest and attention to the fact that our world is quite a bit different from what we've been told by our school teachers,
"We are putting major additional Sanctions on Iran on Monday," President Trump tweeted today. "I look forward to the day that Sanctions come off Iran, and they become a productive and prosperous nation again - The sooner the better!"Iran's economy is already floundering due to the
The year is 2035. Some of the wealthiest and most powerful individuals in the world have gathered in a laboratory to participate in something highly illegal. After years of research undertaken in painstaking secrecy, Shiva is finally ready to go online."It's midnight. It's time.""Well let's
They strip the earth of minerals to fill the skies with metal birds.Minerals drop explosive minerals onto organic matter with faces and feelings, and eyes are ripped from heads and fingers are ripped from hands and limbs are ripped from torsos and insides are ripped outside from bodies once cuddled and breastfed