On March 12, 2025, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) was interviewed on a webinar with Quincy Institute of Responsible Statecraft. As former chair and ranking member of the the House Armed Services Committee, Smith (no relation) is an important voice on military matters in Congress. Quincy Institute and Rep. Smith chose the title A New Approach…
By Donald A. Smith, PhD. Using my own lyrics and Suno.com for the music, I created this variation of America the Beautiful. Imagine that it’s sung by a neoconservative or by, say, the CEO of Lockheed Martin. Also available on youtube here and on Rumble here. 1. 2. 3. O beautiful for endless wars,…
Defense News reports: ‘Not prepared’: Congressional panel calls for huge defense buildup. The chair of the panel (Jane Harman) has ties to defense establishment and was lauded by the CIA for distinguished service. The co-chair (Eric Eldeman) is a neocon. The 2022 NDAA authorized the creation of the panel, as reported in 2023:Congress announces commission…
Dennis Kucinich: the US engineered a coup to drag Ukraine into a conflict by Donald A. Smith, PhD In this April 2, 2024 interview with Judge Napolitano, Dennis Kucinich says: “What’s happened is that the U.S. State Department and U.S. Government basically engineered a coup in Ukraine and used that to drag Ukraine into a…
John Mearsheimer: Ukraine War Is A Long-Term Danger The main point of Aaron Maté ‘s interview with John Mearsheimer is that the U.S. miscalculated about how easy it would be to defeat Russia via arming Ukraine and imposing sanctions. Both sides are in a position where they’re now unwilling to negotiate or give up land. …
Executive summary: Until the public, Congress, and the mainstream media acknowledge the extent of U.S. provocations and responsibility for the war in Ukraine, it will be difficult to get U.S. leadership to agree to support a diplomatic solution to the crisis. So lives will continue to be lost, money will continue to be wasted, and…
Crazy Facebook Ads I saw I often react to annoying and crazy ads by Laughing at them. Since I react to the ads, Facebook treats that as an “interaction” for billing purposes, I’m sure. They get to tell their advertisers that another person interacted with their ad, and Facebook shows me more such ads. Hence,…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZeO2WFAx-s Sachs speaks with Canadian journalists, educating them about U.S. imperialism and lies about Ukraine and criticizing the Canadian government for going along with U.S. policy in Ukraine. Sachs worked (with support from the U.S.) as advisers for Gorbachev, Yeltsin, and several Ukrainian leaders. In the video he talks about NATO expansion. He says plans…
Despite consistently negative media coverage, RFK Jr. easily polled a higher favorability rating (+19%) than either of the two presumptive nominees, who both are negative (-7% Biden, -10% Trump). The NYT article that ran Monday about the RFK Jr. campaign is typical of the slant to the news. Not an opinion piece, it nevertheless reeks…
I asked OpenAI’s Chat GPT-3.5: “Write me a poem about the fact that both blessings from God and curses from the devil seem to come uninvited. I seem to have little control over my life.” (I don’t really believe in the God or the devil, but the metaphors are apt.) Here’s what Chat GPT-3.5 wrote:…