…Wars on Terror and Iraq amount to at most $100b per year, so that without them, spending in 2003 might have been 19.63% of GDP instead of 20.56%–still well above…

The End of Internet Explorer? For those who thought the Browser Wars were interesting, or for those who like reasons to complain about Microsoft, or for those who think the…

…because of the impoverishment caused by a long series of wars and revolutions, partly because scientific and technical progress depended on the empirical habit of thought, which could not survive…

Well Worth Reading… …and then buying. Salon has excerpts from Sidney Blumenthal new book, The Clinton Wars. Of course, why buy the cow when you can get the milk for…

…Iran, and Syria. Here’s a cheeful quote from Woolsey: “This fourth world war, I think, will last considerably longer than either World Wars I or II did for us. Hopefully…

…who might want to bring home from France the remains of Americans who fought and died in the world wars. And for that matter, who outside of Ohio had heard…

…Commission further decides that it is unwise to cut defense spending in the middle of two wars eliminating (B1) and that eliminating infrastructure spending or farm supports is both unwise…

…much power and flexibility he had, why did so many important things turn out so badly? I guess there are a few options: 1. Actually, the economy, the wars in…

…we squandered on two unnecessary preemptive wars and other costs of excessive militarization of our society, along with (2) the billions spent supporting the ‘too big to fail’ financial giants…

…its drone-powered “dirty wars” in the Greater Middle East and Africa for years to come. “In my judgment,” Sheehan said, “this is going to go on for quite a while,…