Recent articles
April 7, 2026
Did Trump Just Threaten to Use Nuclear Weapons in Iran?
If such an order comes to pass, the military can and must refuse.
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April 3, 2026
Hegseth’s War on America’s Military
Someone needs to explain the Pentagon purges to the American people.
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April 2, 2026
Maybe Trump Should Not Have Given This Speech
His address raised more questions than it answered about the war in Iran.
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March 30, 2026
Pete Hegseth’s Shameless Vice Signaling
The secretary of bombast is trolling America.
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March 20, 2026
Trump Had No Plan B for Iran
And it shows.
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March 7, 2026
An Epidemic of ‘Victory Disease’
The president is pointing to the American military’s excellence as though that somehow constitutes a strategy in itself.
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March 4, 2026
Pete Hegseth Treats Fallen American Soldiers as a PR Problem
His use of the Iran war dead to attack the media was disgraceful.
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March 2, 2026
Trump Has Given America a Constitutional Dilemma
Congress should not have to argue over whether to trigger the War Powers Resolution, and certainly not in the midst of conflict.
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February 28, 2026
Trump’s Enormous Gamble on Regime Change in Iran
A few paths to success, many to failure
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February 27, 2026
The Undiplomatic Diplomats
Some of the president’s ambassadors keep getting into needless conflicts abroad.
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February 25, 2026
President Trump’s State-of-the-Union Variety Show
Were you not entertained?
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February 23, 2026
That 1930s Feeling
How dark fringes reached the center of the Republican Party
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February 9, 2026
Pete Hegseth’s Attack on Harvard
The anger at the Ivy League is about status envy, not war-fighting.
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February 3, 2026
Countdown to an Arms Race
The last significant nuclear-arms-control treaty is about to expire, and Trump isn’t putting anything in its place.
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January 25, 2026
Pete Hegseth Should Sit This One Out
By inserting himself into the situation in Minnesota, the secretary of defense is only making things worse.
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January 19, 2026
The Military Is Being Forced to Plan for an Unthinkable Betrayal
Attacking an ally would be a perversion of everything the armed forces have been trained to do.
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January 14, 2026
Trump’s Most Dangerous Obsession
His irrational fixation with Greenland could lead to global conflict.
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