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Wrath of the Centurions
Max Hastings reviews "My Lai: Vietnam, 1968 and the Descent into Darkness" by Howard Jones.
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Keeping the Darwinian Faith
A review of Michael Ruse’s book on the religion of scientism. By Charles LaPorte, Joseph LaPorte.
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50 Years Later: What Tet Didn’t Destroy, Deferments Did
If Americans are looking for where the 'two Americas' first began to form, Vietnam is a good place to start. By Gil Barndollar.
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Fat, unhealthy Americans threaten Trump’s defense surge
Rising obesity numbers, drug use, criminal backgrounds and other problems mean most people at prime military recruiting age are ineligible to serve. By Bryan Bender.
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The strange history of an imperial skirmish in Niger
The US Africa Command is soon expected to release a series of reports on the October 4, 2017, skirmish in Niger that claimed the lives five Nigeriens and four US soldiers. In the meantime… By Jacob Mundy.
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The Economic Colonization of Rural America
The transformation of the American economy was supposed to usher in a new era of prosperity via a “rural renaissance.” Where has that dream gone and how do we bring it back? By John Ikerd.
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Appalachia Isn’t Trump Country
The historian Elizabeth Catte on J.D. Vance, colonial logic, and the end of coal in the region that outsiders love to imagine but can’t seem to understand. By Regan Penaluna.
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Max Boot Resurrects the Lansdale Legend
[Per Boot] If only we'd listened to an eccentric CIA operative, we might have won the Vietnam War. By Andrew J. Bacevich.
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Reckoning with the Imperial We
"Before I can talk about Doug Mack’s travelogue-cum-history of America’s colonies, 'The Not-Quite States of America,' I’m going to take a quick detour to talk about the Red Sox..." By K.D. Atherton.
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Puerto Ricans and Ultrarich “Puertopians” Are Locked in a Pitched Struggle Over How to Remake the Island
Six months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans are designing a recovery that defends their island. Politicians and bitcoin billionaires have other ideas. By Naomi Klein.
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Chemical Weapons Hypocrisy
Oh, the hypocrisy of it. By Robert Fisk.
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The Spy Who Came Home
Why an expert in counterterrorism became a beat cop. By Ben Taub.
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When banks abandoned American Samoa, the islands found a solution nobody had used in a century
Several states with legal weed industries are exploring public banks as a way to provide financial services without federal interference. By Andrew Van Dam.
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Just Kills: The True Story Of How The Marine Corps Blew The Biggest War Crimes Case Since Vietnam
The Haditha massacre was one of the most horrific incidents of the Iraq War. This is the true story of why none of the perpetrators were brought to justice. By Adam Linehan.
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Why We Should Think Twice About Colonizing Space
My conclusion is that in a colonized universe the probability of the annihilation of the human race could actually rise rather than fall. By Phil Torres.
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The Forgotten Coup
How America and Britain crushed the government of their 'ally,' Australia. By John Pilger. (Oct. 23, 2014)
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War Without End
The Pentagon’s failed campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan left a generation of soldiers with little to fight for but one another. By C. J. Chivers.
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Selika, Mystery of the Belle Epoque
Selika Lazevski exists in six photographs and nowhere else. She was a black Amazon in Belle Epoque Paris, a horsewoman without a horse. By Susanna Forrest.
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Híyoge owísisi tánga itá (Cricket egg stories)
Five-hundred-and-twenty-five years ago, confused Europeans “discovered” the “New World”. Heaps of broken brown bodies marked this great achievement as the Europeans congratulated one another. Brave explorers, selfless men of God, and devout Pilgrims soon began pillaging, raping, and slaughtering their way from sea to sea. They rename our homelands “North America.” Their descendants tell us that those men were seeking their fortunes, trying to save souls, hoping to find simple freedom for themselves. By Katherine Crocker.
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Indigenous Peoples Are Decolonizing Virtual Worlds
In an industry marred by its lack of self-awareness, one project is creating a more inclusive vision of the world. By Cecilia Keating.
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