In the U.S., the strongest collective memory of America’s wars of choice is the desirability – and ease – of forgetting them. So it will be when we look at a ruined Ukraine in the rear-view mirror, writes Michael Brenner.
By Michael Brenner
Special to Consortium News
The United States is be
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Two words democracy and autocracy have received a new birth in the West as the U.S. embraces the idea of a Cold War sequel, says Michael Brenner. The implications are profound.
By Michael Brenner
Political rhetoric pivots around key words or phrases that resonate with an audience and
Governmental bodies in the U.S. aren't meant to be owned by those who lead them. They aren't possessions to be disposed of according to the will and inclination of the governors, writes Michael Brenner.
By Michael Brenner
The abuse of executive powers has become so commonplace as to be
Michael Brenner sizes up the scale of the West's blunder in trying to use a crisis in Ukraine as the lever to bring down Putin and Russia along with him.
By Michael Brenner
Reality has a way of catching up to us. Sometimes it comes via a sudden shock Sputnik or Tet. Sometimes it creeps