[Note: The author of the essay below, Thompson Buchanan, is a retired Foreign Service Officer who has been sickened by the sight of America squandering the great asset of global sympathy and cooperation following 9/11, and the lives and treasure of America through an unjustified “war of choice.” He served eight years in the Soviet […]

Errol Morris’ new film is:
Standard Operating Procedure

Is it possible for a photograph to change the world? Photographs taken by soldiers in Abu Ghraib prison changed the war in Iraq and changed America’s image of itself. Yet, a central mystery remains. Did the notorious Abu Ghraib photographs constitute evidence of systematic abuse by the American military, […]

A friend sent me this excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933, by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC. It’s been posted elsewhere online, but it’s a good fit for Greater Democracy. The intro in the email I received says “Smedley Butler was the one of the most decorated war heroes in U.S. history, and received […]