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NATO’s nuclear threats on parade by John LaForge 659 words NATO’s standing threat to attack Russia with nuclear weapons is put on parade every autumn. This year’s thermonuclear dry run–dubbed Steadfast Noon–got started October 13 according to NATO’s press office and the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, or SHAPE, in Mons, Belgium. NATO’ euphemism for…
Words are the first weapon of war by Robert C. Koehler 892 words I sit here at my desk, looking out the window – and see someone walking through the parking lot. This is the most ordinary of moments. I shrug quietly. Life goes on. My impulse is to stop writing the column here. That’s…
First they came for the immigrants by Robert C. Koehler 753 words “Then they came for me . . .” I can only begin here, at the emotional knifepoint of the ongoing ICE news. ICE in Chicago! “More than 1,000 immigrants have been arrested since an immigration crackdown started last month in the Chicago area. The…