Dear Readers,

I write this under great duress, and against my better judgment: it has never been my policy to mix my personal life and my writing/professional life. This time, however, I don't see how I can avoid it.

My regular readers will have noticed that I've skipped more than a couple of columns recently, with no explanation. Well, here's the explanation: I have been diagnosed with late-stage adeenocaricinoma cancer, and am now undergoing experimental therapy with the new drug Keytruda. Read on...

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News
Updated November 13, 2017 - 12:48 PM EST
Post-9/11 War Debt Will Cost $8 Trillion in Interest
Lebanon Pres.: PM Kidnapped by Saudi Arabia
 
  Lebanon PM Warns of Arab Sanctions, Hints at Revoking Resignation
Syrian Artillery, Russian Airstrikes Kill at Least 50 Civilians
Trump Will Let US Troops Resume Joint Ops in Afghanistan
28 Libyan Rebels' Bodies Recovered Near Capital
Israeli Army to Demolish Homes, Expel 100s of Palestinians
Viewpoints
item Washington's Drug of Choice in the War on Terror  by Alfred W. McCoy
item We Sent Them to War, Now It's Our Turn to Pay  by Peter Van Buren
item How Military Is Making It Hard to Remember Our Wars  by John Spencer
item I Will Survive  by Justin Raimondo
item Stop the Malignant Misuse of America's Military  by Daniel L. Davis
item This Is Egypt's US-Backed War on Terror  by Jacob Greene & Allison McManus

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Frontline
Green Beret Discovered SEALs' Illicit Cash. Then He Was Killed.
Security Breach and Spilled Secrets Have Shaken the NSA to Its Core
Why Niger and Mali's Cattle Herders Turned to Jihad
Israel Instructs Diplomats to Support Saudis: Cable
 
Iraq
US Service Member Among 19 Killed in Iraq
Mass Graves Found in Iraq Could Contain 400 Bodies
Iraq Forces Seize Villages in Last ISIS-Held Pocket
Iraqi Military Helicopter Crashes, 7-Member Crew Killed
Syria
Israel Signals Free Hand in Syria as US, Russia Expand Truce
Trump, Putin Agree 'No Military Solution' in Syria: Kremlin
ISIS Recaptures Last Syrian Urban Bastion in Fierce Fightback
Israel Says Downed Syrian Spy Drone Over Golan Heights
Syria's UN Ambassador Pans West for Disregarding Israeli Nukes
Syria Peace Talks Not Yet Scheduled: Russian Foreign Minister
Lebanon
TV Interview With Lebanon PM Full of Odd Moments
How Saudi Arabia Turned on Lebanon's Hariri
In Demanding Hariri's Return, Lebanese Find Rare Unity
Hariri's Party Condemns Attacks Against Saudi Arabia: Statement
'We Need Lebanon as a Peaceful Space', Says Egypt's Former Foreign Minister
Iran
Iran Rejects Macron Call for Talks on Iranian Missiles
Iranian Website Reports Pilot Dies After Fighter Jet Crashes
Yemen
Yemen's Houthis Threaten to Attack Enemy Oil Tankers Over Saudi Blockade
Hadi Could Be Killed if He Leaves Saudi: Yemen Official
Face of a Forgotten War: Who Is to Blame for the Death of This 11-Year-Old Girl?
Yemeni Airline Says Not Resumed Commercial Flights After Blockade
Turkey
Turkey Denies Plot to Kidnap Gulen With Former Trump Official's Help
Turkey Completes Purchase of Russian S-400 Missile Defense System, Officials Say
Israel/Palestine
Abbas: PA Could Move to Back One-State Solution if Two States Fail
Israel Issues Rare Warning to Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza: You're Playing With Fire
Video: Fighting to Show the Truth in Gaza
Tens of Thousands Commemorate Arafat in Hamas-Run Gaza
Trump Team Begins Drafting Middle East Peace Plan
Israel Arrests Senior Palestinian Authority Security Official
Middle East
Qatar Investigates Alleged Currency Plot
Bahrain Calls Pipeline Blast 'Terrorism' Linked to Iran
Somalia
US and Somali Strikes on Shabab Said to Kill Nearly 100 Militants
The Man Who Buried Somaliland's Dead
Somaliland Warns Puntland of Interference in Its Election
 
The War at Home
US Army Lifts Ban on Recruits With Mental Health History
Marine Who Pissed on Dead Taliban Wins in Court
Congressional Hearing on Jerusalem Shuts Out Palestinians
Vets Walk 2,700 Miles to Call Attention to Post-War Trauma
'The Torture Report: a Graphic Adaptation' Illustrates the Grim Reality of CIA Interrogation Techniques Post 9/11
Back From Combat, Guardsmen Feel Slighted by Army Medical Care
Chelsea Manning: Help Veterans by Not Sending Us to Kill for 'Nationalist Fairy Tales'
North Korea
Trump Says North Korea's Kim Insulted Him by Calling Him 'Old'
Trump: China 'Upping the Sanctions Against' North Korea
North Korea Says Trump Begged for a War During His Asia Trip
Afghanistan
Why Were Five US Soldiers Killed by an American Bomber in Afghanistan?
Afghan Air Force to Receive 58 Armed Black Hawk Helicopters
Pakistan
Pakistani Taliban Splinter Group Splits Further Over Tactics
Large Religious Protests Halt Traffic in Islamabad and Rawalpindi
Vietnam
Trump Urges Vietnam to Buy US Missiles
Vietnam Dissident Locked in Home for 'Piss on You Trump' Protest
Asia
Indonesian Forces Prepare to Storm Papua Villages Held by Rebels
Trump Offers to Mediate in South China Sea Dispute
Philippines President Says South China Sea Row 'Better Left Untouched'
Myanmar Police Arrest Buddhist Monk Over US Embassy Protest, Newspaper Says
Catalonia/Spain
Barcelona Mayor Says Catalan Independence Drive a 'Disaster'
Spanish PM, in Catalonia, Calls for Big Turnout at December Election
Hundreds Rally in Brussels for Catalan Independence
Russia
Trump Says He Trusts Putin's Denials of Election Meddling
Full Transcript of Trump's Remarks on Russia
Europe
British Ministers Rally Around Foreign Secretary Johnson Over Iran
German War Reparations 'Matter of Honor' for Poland
Suspects Held in Franco-Swiss Swoop Face Terrorism Charges
Africa
On-Site Joint Military Team to Investigate Niger Attack: Report
Airstrikes Kill 10 Militants in Egypt's Sinai
Seven Dead in Peace Concert Attack, Reprisals in Central African Republic
Cameroon Separatist Attacks Kill Four Security Forces: Govt
Head of East Africa's Regional Bloc Condemns ICC Burundi Investigation
Troops Withdraw From Ex-Army Chief's House in South Sudan
 
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Columnists

Justin Raimondo
11/13/2017
I Will Survive

Sheldon Richman
11/06/2017
Quit Worrying About the Russians in Our Borderless World

Lucy Steigerwald
8/19/2017
Moral Superiority Among Neocons and Nazis

Ivan Eland
7/06/2017
Why Can't Right-Wing Leaders Support Smaller Government?

Dan Sanchez
6/07/2017
Is Wonder Woman War Propaganda?

Ran HaCohen
3/03/2017
Israel: Neither Democratic or Jewish

David R. Henderson
1/10/2017
Robert Gates, Pro and Con

Nebojsa Malic
8/23/2016
Biden in Belgrade: A Trip Down NATO-Invasion Memory Lane

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