Monthly Archives: December 2024

Bearding the military-industrial complex

A lot of folks are up in arms about The Donald’s nomination of Pete Hegseth as SecDef (Secretary of Defense). MAJ Pete Hegseth, an Army National Guard officer with combat service in Afghanistan and Mesopotamia (Iraq). Many of those freaking … Continue reading

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Press freedom going with a whimper, not a bang

Thomas Jefferson said in 1807 about newspapers: “The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them; inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with … Continue reading

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