In Memoriam Julian Bond Paul Craig Roberts Julian Bond, the black civil rights activist who was thrice elected to the Georgia legislature before the US Supreme Court finally ruled that the Georgia House could not deny him his seat, died on August 15. Julian Bond was a student at Morehouse College, one of the colleges that made up Atlanta University, when I was a student...

This is an interesting analysis by Mike Whitney: http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/08/14/is-putin-planning-to-sell-out-assad/ One question is: Can the Islamist Revolution unleashed by Washington be contained? Or have Washington and its NATO vassals killed so many Muslims and destroyed so many countries and institutions that there is nothing left to organize against the Revolution? If this is the case, then Russia and Iran are making a fundamental strategic mistake by...

Guest Column: A History of False Flag Attacks False flag attacks are common. You need to wake up to this. Calling them “conspiracy theories” is government’s way of suppressing the truth. http://www.globalresearch.ca/americans-are-finally-learning-about-false-flag-terror/5359234

A Potpourri Will Women Prefer Trump? The immigration issue should score well with American-born women. According to this news report, all employment gains made by women since 2007 went to foreign-born females. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/jobs-shock-100-of-female-employment-gains-taken-by-foreigners-since-2007/article/2569824?utm_campaign=Washington%20Examiner:%20Washington%20Secrets%20PMI&utm_source=Washington%20Examiner:%20Washington%20Secrets%20PMI%20-%2008/07/15&utm_medium=email There Will Be No Air To Breathe And No Water To Drink Dead Zones Growing http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32354-environmentalists-sue-epa-over-dead-zone-in-gulf-of-mexico# Female Expert On Sexual Abuse Gives Feminists Hell oneplusonemagazine offers the alternative voice of Karen Straughan...

Guest Column by Mikhail Gorbachev “Reagan acted out of honest conviction and genuinely rejected nuclear weapons. Already during my first meeting with him in November of 1985, we were able to make the most important determination: "Nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought." This sentence combined morals and politics -- two things many consider to be irreconcilable. Unfortunately, the US has since...

The Social Cost of Capitalism Paul Craig Roberts Few, if any, corporations absorb the full cost of their operations. Corporations shove many of their costs onto the environment, the public sector, and distant third parties. For example, currently 3 million gallons of toxic waste water from a Colorado mine has escaped and is working its way down two rivers into Utah and Lake Powell. At...

The US Economy Continues Its Collapse Paul Craig Roberts Do you remember when real reporters existed? Those were the days before the Clinton regime concentrated the media into a few hands and turned the media into a Ministry of Propaganda, a tool of Big Brother. The false reality in which Americans live extends into economic life. Last Friday’s employment report was a continuation of a...

A Prescription for Peace and Prosperity Paul Craig Roberts The question is often asked: “What can we do?” Here is a prescription for peace and prosperity. We will begin with prosperity, because prosperity can contribute to peace. Sometimes governments begin wars in order to distract from unpromising economic prospects, and internal political stability can also be dependent on prosperity. The Road to Prosperity For the...

Psychologist openly admits he trains police officers to shoot first and ask questions later http://www.opednews.com/populum/printer_friendly.php?content=a&id=193557