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Deterring Our Way to Doomsday Loving the Bomb Yet Again BILL ASTORE 23 HOURS AGO It’s amazing the enormous sums of money the U.S. government spends on destructive weaponry in the stated cause of deterring massive destruction.

Eternal Shame, Nothing But Shame BILL ASTORE SEP 24, 2026 Shame, and eternal shame, nothing but shame!

Yet More Madness from the Pentagon BILL ASTORE SEP 21, 2026 Last week, the Secretary of the Air Force announced the U.S. has weapons in space.

The Ultimate Fusion of Sports and Militarism BILL ASTORE SEP 18, 2026 Incredibly, the Air Force Academy football program is honoring a weapon system, the new B-21 Raider bomber, which is surely music to the ears of Northrop Grumman, the lead contractor.

Hiroshima Plus Nagasaki BILL ASTORE SEP 16, 2026 The Trump administration plans to give 40 kilotons of “conventional” bombs to Israel.

The Many Legacies of 9/11 BILL ASTORE SEP 14, 2026 I went on “Judging Freedom” today to discuss the many dark legacies of 9/11.

25 Years Later, A War of Terror Persists with No End in Sight BILL ASTORE SEP 09, 2026 The chief legacy of 9/11 is as obvious as it is tragic: a state of permanent warfare in the United States, both abroad and in the “homeland” (a term not used in normal…

Democrats Should Stop Praising Republican Warmongers BILL ASTORE SEP 03, 2026 I know: this is old news.

Empty the Prisons, Fire the Police, Be Afraid BILL ASTORE SEP 02, 2026 I had to laugh as I saw this definitional alchemy in the New York Times this morning: What is the difference between the agenda of the Democratic Socialists and the agenda of the Democ…

We Should All Hate War BILL ASTORE AUG 31, 2026 Wars are protean and dangerous beasts.

Anti-Zionism as “Terrorism” BILL ASTORE AUG 28, 2026 Until today I’d never heard of Tony Greenstein and his battle against being falsely accused by the British government of recruiting for and supporting Hamas.

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The Slow Strangulation of Compassion and Empathy in America BILL ASTORE AUG 21, 2026 Today I ran across this brief description of a new movie, “Mutiny,” that will sound very familiar: “Mutiny” stars Jason Statham as yet another rogue hero out to right wro…

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times BILL ASTORE AUG 18, 2026 Back in 2012, Barbara Ehrenreich wrote a sobering article for TomDispatch on how poor people are used as piggy banks by the rich and by local, state, and federal governments.

A Major Theme in American Politics BILL ASTORE AUG 20, 2026 A major theme in U.S. politics is betrayal.

The Most Terrifyingly Honest Sentence Written by a U.S.

Trump Is the Real Victim of Gaza and the Iran War?

Of Presidential Betrayal BILL ASTORE AUG 10, 2026 U.S. presidents since Lyndon B.