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Good2015-09-20T21:03:51+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/09/16/americas-overseas-military-bases-the-51st-state/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/flag51.gifflag51The true American Flag?2015-09-19T00:44:40+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/09/14/where-is-americas-jeremy-corbyn/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/jeremycorbynhedges_590.jpgAPTOPIX Britain New Labour Party LeaderJeremy Corbyn (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)2015-09-19T17:43:09+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/09/11/the-saudi-trojan-horse/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mykonos_vase.jpgMykonos_vaseThe Trojans learned the hard way that a "gift horse" is not always a gift (Mykonos vase on Wiki)2015-09-12T20:21:29+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/09/10/nothing-succeeds-like-failure/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/american-daredevils-series-premiere-billboard.jpgamerican daredevils series premiere billboardFinally an image that captures U.S. foreign policy2016-07-26T12:59:46+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/09/08/knowledge-is-power-but-power-is-no-substitute-for-knowledge/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/020309_siers_462.jpg020309_siers_4622015-09-11T21:01:47+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/09/05/the-real-deflategate-why-media-coverage-of-real-news-leaves-democracy-deflated/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/football.jpgfootballIt's not your football that's deflated, America: It's your democracy2015-09-07T21:49:22+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/09/02/training-wheels-the-fatal-flaw-in-u-s-foreign-policy/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/wheels.jpgwheelsPut them on? Take them off? The dilemma of US foreign policy "experts"2015-09-14T12:32:50+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/08/30/china-economic-miracle-or-house-of-cards/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/three-headed-dragon1.jpgthree-headed-dragon1China: A three-headed dragon is difficult to control2015-09-02T20:22:32+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/08/27/trust-in-war-is-americas-new-creed/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/mohmmadmosaddegh2.jpgMohmmad,Mosaddegh2Mohammad Mossadegh, the democratically-elected leader of Iraq who was overthrown in 1953 in a coup supported by the CIA2015-08-30T20:27:17+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/08/24/neoconservative-dreams-and-global-nightmares/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/the-strip-slide-xacb-jumbo.pngthe-strip-slide-XACB-jumbo2015-08-26T01:04:10+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/07/13/donald-trump-and-american-fascism/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/trump.jpgTrumpThe Donald: Easy to make fun of ... too easy2015-08-23T12:08:51+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/08/22/four-sayings-from-my-dad/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/100_1454.jpg100_1454My Dad in Oregon, 19372015-08-25T12:06:40+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/08/20/the-u-s-military-should-stop-talking-about-liberating-mosul/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/usa-f16.jpgUSA F16Time to let our pilots open a can of whoop-ass?2015-08-21T22:43:06+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/08/19/holding-military-boots-to-the-fire/2015-08-21T04:47:24+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/08/17/pro-war-biases-why-we-are-killing-ourselves/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/they-ve-got-the-guts-back-em-up-with-more-metal-wwii-war-propaganda-poster.jpgthey-ve-got-the-guts-back-em-up-with-more-metal-wwii-war-propaganda-posterhttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/confederate-dead-fredericksburg.gifconfederate-dead-fredericksburgConfederate Dead at Fredericksburg (Matthew Brady)2015-08-21T01:22:06+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/08/15/two-points-about-the-hillary-clinton-email-fiasco/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/14-hillary-clinton.jpgHillary Clinton Holds Online Global Town Hall With Youths From Around The WorldHillary in 20132015-08-21T00:43:40+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/08/14/testament-of-youth-a-movie-that-hurts-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/vera-002.jpgvera 002https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/vera-001.jpgvera 0012015-08-16T05:42:27+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/08/12/a-few-letters-to-my-dad-during-world-war-ii/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dad-1945-001.jpgDad 1945 001My Dad in 19452015-08-12T22:10:31+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/08/08/bernie-sanders-halfway-there/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/you-choose.jpgyou chooseFor 2016, the choice is looking grim2015-08-10T12:51:26+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/08/05/it-should-never-be-done-again-hiroshima-70-years-later/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/hiroshima_dome_1945.gifHiroshima_Dome_1945Hiroshima after the bomb2015-08-30T13:03:33+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/08/04/independent-assessment-human-rights-rapidly-eroding/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/privacyplease.jpgPrivacy Please2015-08-05T23:29:13+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/07/30/surprise-weapons-sales-are-booming/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/usaf-boeing_b-52.jpgUsaf.Boeing_B-52Heck ya! Send some B-52s to Israel (U.S. Air Force photo)2015-08-09T11:17:07+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/07/28/the-iran-nuclear-deal-what-it-really-means/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/obama-peace-prize.jpgobama-peace-prizeWith Cuba and Iran, perhaps Obama is finally working to earn his peace prize?2015-08-18T11:11:46+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/07/27/obama-lost-down-the-rabbit-hole-to-the-middle-east-wonderland/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/red-queen.jpgRed QueenObama, like Alice, lost in Wonderland2015-07-28T02:13:05+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/07/23/the-united-states-of-militarism/2015-08-11T04:36:24+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/07/21/being-open-to-the-contrary-perspective-a-parable/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/f2h_banshee_vf-11_over_wonsan_colour_1952.jpgF2H_Banshee_VF-11_over_Wonsan_colour_1952The Banshee: Where's the propeller?2015-08-19T04:35:46+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/07/19/u-s-foreign-policy-inept-or-something-else/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/leprechaun_or_clurichaun.pngLeprechaun_or_Clurichaun"Possible explanations can become needlessly complex. It is coherent, for instance, to add the involvement of leprechauns to any explanation, but Occam's razor would prevent such additions unless they were necessary." I think we can rule out leprechauns ...2015-08-01T00:13:13+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/07/14/nixons-genesis-of-the-paranoid-national-security-state/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/nixon.jpgNixon2015-07-19T20:45:34+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/07/14/president-obama-please-stop-the-race-to-war/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/russian-bear.jpgrussian bearOr so our generals keep telling us ...https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/black-sea.gifblack sea2015-08-19T12:39:43+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/07/11/nfl-nascar-and-u-s-foreign-policy-quick-hits/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/479627646.jpg479627646And another American chariot crashes and burns2015-07-12T16:33:51+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/07/09/greece-and-the-idea-of-debt/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/debt.jpgdebt2015-08-16T08:03:49+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/07/08/bombing-and-more-bombing-the-terrifying-u-s-air-war-on-terror/2015-07-11T04:18:39+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/07/06/the-media-is-the-message-and-the-message-is-one-of-fear/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/roy.jpgRoyThe Replicant Roy Batty knows the score2015-07-11T14:35:42+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/07/02/welcome-to-a-very-american-coup-a-debate-on-the-causes-and-larger-meaning-of-the-iraq-war/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bellingthecat.jpgbellingthecatBell the Cat, America! Before it's too late2015-07-16T23:51:20+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/06/30/making-war-on-everything-is-the-american-way/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/eoag75p.jpgEoAg75PWhen you're at war, even your own youth become potential enemies. A sign after the Kent State shootings2015-07-18T19:46:08+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/06/28/the-hidden-costs-of-war/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/agent.jpgAgent Orange victims Nguyen and Hung Vuong Pham, ages 14 and 15, as captured by Brian Driscoll, photographer, in 2008.(Huffington Post, 2013, see link in article)2015-06-30T06:59:01+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/06/25/a-little-honesty-on-the-confederate-flag/2015-07-28T15:20:00+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/06/23/america-has-lost-its-way/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sunset-july-2014-061.jpgsunset july 2014 0612015-07-24T01:12:58+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/06/22/divided-distracted-downtrodden-the-social-and-political-reality-in-america-today/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/consumerism1.jpgConsumerism12015-06-29T22:57:49+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/06/13/americas-military-strategy-persistent-overreach/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/kalkriese_mask.jpgkalkriese_maskA Roman Cavalry Mask found at the presumed site of the Battle of Teutoburg Forest2015-08-30T11:31:58+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/06/21/cambodia-iraq-afghanistan-the-united-states-never-learns/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cambodia04.jpgcambodia04Cambodians killed in the aftermath of the U.S.-Indochina War (Photo: Galen Frysinger) 2015-06-22T08:29:32+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/06/17/war-like-slavery-sabotages-humanity/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/inforgraphic.jpginforgraphicCourtesy Amnesty International (New Zealand)2015-07-31T15:58:24+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/06/16/betraying-the-military-and-democracy-by-loving-indifference/2015-06-19T19:48:49+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/06/10/what-the-president-should-say-to-the-troops/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/vietnam.jpgvietnam2015-06-10T22:37:31+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/06/08/lost-in-a-dark-fetid-swamp-of-nihilism-why-we-still-need-torture-trials-in-the-usa/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/waterboard.jpgwaterboardHard to look forward when you're being waterboarded2015-06-14T22:39:50+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/06/05/state-of-siege-a-devastating-cinematic-critique-of-cia-malfeasance/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/760_bd_box_348x490_original.jpg760_BD_box_348x490_original2015-06-12T11:21:21+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/06/02/its-hard-to-find-virtue-and-truth-in-the-best-of-all-possible-worlds/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/640px-buste_de_voltaire.jpg640px-Buste_de_VoltaireVoltaire, always ready with a contrary perspective2015-06-15T18:52:51+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/06/01/torture-a-conservative-defense-of-bushcheney/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/obama.jpgObama2015-06-05T01:25:06+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/05/31/its-america-the-prison-state-and-you-could-be-the-next-felon/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20051217163542_5prison1.jpg20051217163542_5prison1Too many bars -- not enough mercy. Photo by Jim Garamone2015-06-10T12:04:43+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/05/30/is-there-hope-for-iraq/2015-05-30T20:18:47+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/05/28/growing-and-arming-your-own-enemy/2015-06-02T12:20:20+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/05/27/polemical-poetry-xii-the-iraq-catastrophe/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/isis.jpgISISISIS on the march. No U.S. air support needed.2015-06-03T22:10:56+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/05/22/on-memorial-day-is-there-room-to-honor-former-enemies/2015-05-25T12:03:57+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/05/24/letter-to-the-american-dead-of-the-vietnam-war/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/the-vietnam-memorial.jpgthe-vietnam-memorial2015-05-25T17:41:34+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/05/19/future-headlines-we-dont-want-to-see-but-probably-will/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/yoda22.jpgyoda22Difficult to see. Always in motion the future.2015-06-02T18:12:44+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/05/18/polemical-poetry-xi-remembering-bushs-iraq-war/2015-05-19T02:39:28+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/05/14/americas-mutant-military/2015-05-16T20:49:08+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/05/12/the-national-security-states-tentacles-are-strangling-our-lives/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1024px-octopus2.jpg1024px-Octopus2Those tentacles are reaching everywhere, America2015-05-14T20:50:48+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/05/11/the-fish-rots-from-the-head-my-qa-with-admiral-william-mcraven/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/adm_william_h-_mcraven_2012.jpgADM_William_H._McRaven_2012Admiral McRaven in 2012 (Wiki)2016-01-25T02:49:31+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/05/09/republican-presidential-candidates-are-scaring-me/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/unnamed.jpgunnamedhttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mike-huckabee.jpgmike-huckabeePlease, God, make him stop2015-05-14T20:46:53+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/05/07/the-populist-hillary-clinton-meets-the-elitist-hillary-clinton-guess-who-wins/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/screen-shot-2015-04-13-at-51-e1428959339446.jpgScreen-Shot-2015-04-13-at-51-e1428959339446Hillary at Chipotle: See? She's just like us!2015-05-14T17:55:42+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/05/06/shooting-old-blue-lifes-stages-in-three-jokes/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/large_white.jpglarge_whiteDon't remove the plug2015-05-06T18:21:44+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/05/06/four-out-of-five-adults-are-facing-economic-insecurity-or-near-poverty-in-america/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/depression-poverty.jpgdepression-povertyPoverty -- It's not just historical. It's all around us.2015-05-14T20:55:52+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/05/03/i-had-a-base-in-africa-nick-turse-on-the-u-s-military-and-africom/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/turse.jpgturse2015-05-04T03:52:11+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/04/30/the-teflon-general-petraeus-finally-keeps-a-secret/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/petraeus-broadwell1.pngpetraeus-broadwellPetraeus: Lots of ribbon candy crowded on that uniform2015-05-04T17:35:26+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/04/29/man-up-america-and-return-guantanamo-to-cuba/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cuba-001.jpgcuba 001Map of Cuba (1897), when Americans were turning their interest to an overseas empire 2015-08-05T01:35:16+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/04/28/pulling-out-of-afghanistan-coitus-invadus/2015-04-28T11:17:43+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/04/26/the-real-reason-for-americas-massive-surveillance-program/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/surveillance.jpgsurveillanceDon't worry -- it's for your safety2015-05-16T03:00:35+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/04/23/provoking-wars-is-that-what-u-s-foreign-policy-is-about/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/roosevelt.jpgrooseveltSend in the heavily-armed carriers. It's about peace!2015-04-30T15:09:10+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/04/19/warmongers-and-yellow-bellied-suck-ups-are-killing-america/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/question-authority.jpgquestion-authorityMore Americans need to listen to Ben Franklin ...2015-05-16T21:32:52+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/04/18/u-s-foreign-policy-too-much-captain-kirk-and-william-shatner/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/uss_enterprise-d_2395_firing_phasers.jpgUSS_Enterprise-D_2395,_firing_phasersFire those phasers, America!2015-04-20T00:22:54+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/04/16/senator-tom-cotton-bomb-iran-its-easy/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/unnamed.jpgunnamedA Panel from Tom Tomorrow lampooning Tom Cotton. Love the R-Lunacy designation!2015-04-17T17:06:01+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/04/14/maximum-bloodshed-u-s-double-standards-in-ukraine-and-yemen/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yemen-war.jpgyemen-warMore Destruction in Yemen2015-04-21T03:29:27+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/04/13/iran-on-the-rise-courtesy-of-the-united-states/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1979.jpg1979The Iranian Revolution2015-04-14T01:44:45+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/04/08/hillary-shillary-a-deeply-compromised-presidential-candidate/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/clinton.jpgclintonHillary Clinton (NY Times)2015-04-13T11:38:39+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/04/07/a-nixon-quote-explains-the-root-of-so-many-u-s-foreign-policy-blunders/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/5358452952_0fe817c092_o.jpg5358452952_0fe817c092_oGiving war a chance2015-04-17T03:31:01+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/04/06/with-iran-america-its-time-to-grow-up/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bomb.jpgbombCartoon by Steve Benson, The Republic2015-04-09T19:19:06+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/04/03/are-troops-being-evangelized-instead-of-being-treated-for-ptsd/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/image.jpgimageAn older symbol of the Chaplain Corps that includes Christian and Jewish symbols. There are now Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim symbols as well2015-04-09T19:20:50+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/04/02/the-ongoing-civil-war-in-iraq-mission-accomplished/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tikrit-033115.jpgtikrit-033115Yet another "magnificent victory" in Iraq, this time in Tikrit, twelve years after "Mission Accomplished" was declared2015-04-07T14:21:58+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/04/01/major-sporting-events-and-air-shows-too-corporatized-too-controlling-too-much/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cbhalsyvaaav4ur.jpgCBhalsYVAAAv4UrNow this makes me proud to be an Americanhttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yankee_stadium_upper_deck_2010.jpgYankee_Stadium_upper_deck_2010The New Yankee Stadium: The House that Corporations Built2015-04-03T13:32:30+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/03/30/americas-tragic-comedy-routine-in-the-middle-east/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/abbott-costello.jpgabbott costelloAbbott & Costellohttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/whosonfirst.jpgWhosOnFirst2015-03-30T16:16:46+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/03/29/wake-up-to-your-myths-america/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/myth_vs_travel1.jpgmyth_vs_travel12015-12-31T20:44:09+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/03/28/hillary-clintons-email-fiasco-2/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hillary-clinton1.gifFeatured Image -- 2530https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hillary-clinton2.gifTrust me!2015-03-29T10:10:02+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/03/26/fire-in-the-hole-a-new-american-military-disaster-yemen/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/o-yemen-airstrikes-570.jpgSaudi Arabia launches military operation in Yemen against HouthisAir Strikes in Yemen -- Adding to the chaos2015-03-27T16:14:27+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/03/25/reinforcing-the-mindset-of-war/2015-03-26T02:01:59+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/03/23/life-lessons-from-dorothy-day/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/001.jpg001https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dorothy-day-004.jpgdorothy day 004Dorothy Day (1897-1980)2015-12-11T20:28:24+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2015/03/21/ignorance-is-bliss-not-in-america/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bill-of-rights.jpgBill of RightsIgnorance is not 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nowhere2015-06-13T00:21:07+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/11/30/christianity-the-military-and-congress-onward-christian-soldiers/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mikey_congvs_0.jpgmikey_congvs_0Separation of church and state?2014-12-04T16:12:11+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/11/28/the-injustice-of-justice/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/jeffrey_toobin_2012.jpgJeffrey_toobin_2012Jeffrey Toobin: Win or Don't Bother?2015-08-18T11:44:06+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/11/26/kicking-the-vietnam-syndrome/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bush.jpgBushPresident George H.W. 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Any questions?2014-11-03T17:14:01+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/10/30/what-israel-has-to-teach-us/2014-11-26T20:40:48+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/10/27/thanking-our-troops-for-their-service/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sunset-july-2014-008.jpgsunset july 2014 008Want to fly a flag? How about this one?2014-10-29T13:45:46+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/10/26/health-care-reconsidered/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/vesalius9.jpgVesalius9The Fabric of the Human Body, by the great Andreas Vesalius2014-10-27T00:21:39+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/10/24/polemical-poetry-ix-soldiers-soldier/2014-10-24T12:07:37+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/10/23/war-is-peace/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/002.jpg002Which one will you be in 2014?https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/orwell-006.jpgorwell 006My "new" old copy of Orwell's 19842014-10-24T21:14:04+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/10/23/thoughts-on-patriotism-and-war/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/platoon.jpgplatoonScene from the movie, "Platoon"2014-10-24T19:01:33+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/10/21/im-just-mild-about-francis/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/pope-francis.jpgPope-FrancisFrancis, top center, among the bishops of the Church. Too worried about gays and the divorced to condemn the threat of mass murder by nuclear weapons2014-10-24T10:59:16+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/10/20/good-enough-a-poem-about-the-pain-of-war/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1000.jpg1000No, war is not bloodless, and its wounds are often hidden2014-10-21T00:21:40+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/12/20/peter-medawars-the-limits-of-science/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/hannaway.jpgHannawayOwen Hannaway2014-10-17T13:23:00+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/10/16/why-nothing-works-part-i/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2423ph2044_overlay.jpg2423PH2044_overlayComputers, Humans, and Automation: A dangerous mix when corners are cut2014-10-19T12:20:41+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/10/14/why-american-efforts-to-create-foreign-armies-fail/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/captured-equipment.jpgcaptured equipmentIraqi equipment provided by the U.S. and captured by ISIS2014-10-15T17:07:57+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/10/11/hope-youre-enjoying-indigenous-peoples-day-weekend/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/13paradecityroom533.jpg13paradecityroom533Columbus Day Parade, a traditional celebration of Italian heritage2014-10-13T23:54:40+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/10/08/asking-whether-obama-has-the-authority-to-make-war-on-isis-is-the-wrong-question/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/constitution2.jpgStock Photo of the Consitution of the United States and Feather Quill"To support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic"2014-10-10T17:03:16+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/10/06/richard-nixon-coach-mcshane-and-the-vietnam-war/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/375221_nixon-kissinger.jpg375221_Nixon-KissingerNixon with Henry Kissinger in 1969.2014-10-09T00:48:02+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/10/03/americas-global-security-state/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/golem.jpgGolemA golem to smite our enemies; until it becomes our enemy2014-10-05T06:52:23+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/10/01/random-thoughts-on-death-dying-and-the-reality-of-americas-wars/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dead.jpgdeadJarecke's photo of a dead Iraqi was considered too disturbing to publish in America2014-10-03T02:33:54+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/09/30/the-knights-of-earth/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1146294601_jediknight.jpgKnight2014-10-02T18:33:21+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/12/10/we-need-an-all-quiet-on-the-afghan-front/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/at_war_combat_03.jpgat_war_combat_03The face of battle is ugly. All the more reason why we need to face it2014-09-30T11:59:34+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/09/27/the-worst-cancer-of-all/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/troops.jpgtroopsDeploy them only when needed, and in wars only when approved by a formal Congressional declaration2014-09-28T21:27:28+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/09/25/polemical-poetry-viii-the-inflated-style-as-euphemism/2014-09-26T09:36:44+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/09/24/two-afghan-stories/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/afghan.jpgafghanThe three Afghan officers who went missing (Cape Cod Times)2014-09-24T18:15:37+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/09/12/polemical-poetry-vii-changing-commanders-in-brief/2014-09-24T11:52:15+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/09/23/war-again-in-iraq-and-the-american-desire-never-to-be-labeled-a-loser/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/23iraq-master675.jpg23IRAQ-master675Fighters of the Islamic State (Associated Press)2014-09-23T23:02:31+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/09/22/fascist-america/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/lives_of_others_ver4_xxlg.jpglives_of_others_ver4_xxlgWho Is Listening to You?2014-09-30T02:09:39+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/09/20/a-lame-duck-nation-on-steroids/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/lame-duck.jpglame duckLame duck, indeed.2014-09-22T04:10:17+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/09/17/what-americans-value/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/tanks.jpgTANKSThere's no shortage of tanks in the USA2015-07-15T11:49:22+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/09/15/republican-political-alchemy-and-the-disappearing-democratic-party/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mitt.jpgMittTrust him! He's wearing a flag lapel pin2014-09-16T21:55:46+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/09/10/obamas-speech-on-isis-more-of-the-same-as-in-military-action/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/jp-obama-jumbo.jpgJP-OBAMA-jumboObama "consults" with Congress before ordering more bombing. Note the irony of George Washington's portrait, the man who warned us to avoid foreign entanglements2014-12-21T14:50:53+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/09/09/european-governance-a-kafkaesque-nightmare-of-bureaucratic-nonsense/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/conchita_wurst.jpgConchita_WurstThis year's winner of the Eurovision Song Contest is a lot more fab than the EU2014-09-10T00:31:16+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/09/07/who-are-the-terrorists/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/terror.jpgterror2014-09-10T16:27:43+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/09/06/on-religion/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/eve.jpgEveEve tempting Adam. I guess Adam didn't have a mind of his own2014-09-08T17:59:35+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/09/05/why-i-still-like-ike/2014-09-06T23:37:58+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/09/03/who-polices-the-police/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/mraps.jpgMRAPsComing soon to a police force near you? (Photo: U.S. Air Force/Senior Master Sgt. George Thompson)2014-09-04T12:13:45+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/07/26/the-u-s-militarys-limited-critique-of-itself-ensures-future-disasters/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/mathew_brady_civil_war_battlefield.jpgmathew_brady_civil_war_battlefieldWar is political, human, and chaotic. Who knew?2014-09-02T15:05:22+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/07/30/the-problem-with-spectator-sports/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/chomsky-on-sport.jpgchomsky on sportLooks like Noam agrees with me2014-09-02T15:00:06+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/08/12/the-conservative-critique-of-higher-education-misses-the-mark/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/prius-stickers.jpgprius-stickersPrius Politics -- Seen at a campus near you!https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/yale-wiki.jpgYale wikiYale University (Wikipedia)2014-09-02T14:57:50+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/07/14/yes-education-is-about-social-control/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/rollerballposter.jpgRollerballPosterDon't ask questions. Don't seek answers. Enjoy the spectacle. (Image: Wiki)2018-02-13T21:39:31+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/06/21/avoiding-egocentrism-and-hyper-competitiveness/2014-09-02T14:46:07+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/06/06/the-dangers-of-reification/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/uncle-sam.jpgUncle SamUncle Sam wants us. But who, exactly, is Uncle Sam?2014-09-02T14:43:02+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/06/03/the-death-of-serious-discourse-in-america/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/220px-michelangelo_profeti_isaiah_01.jpg220px-Michelangelo,_profeti,_Isaiah_01Come, Let Us Reason Together (Isaiah 1:18)https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/solzhenitsyn.jpgsolzhenitsynSolzhenitsyn2015-11-24T21:33:10+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/07/20/four-seeds-for-thought/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/free_seeds.jpgfree_seeds2014-09-01T16:19:53+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/06/10/bread-and-circuses-in-rome-and-america/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/crowe.jpgcroweGame On!2014-09-01T16:10:20+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/05/27/memorial-day-lesson-forever-war-is-forever-profitable-for-some/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/100_0110.jpg100_0110Long May It Wave. Photo by the author in Maine, 2006https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ike.jpgIkeIke in 19592014-09-01T16:03:06+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/05/28/who-is-b-traven/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/thedeathship.jpgTheDeathShipFirst Edition of The Death Ship, by B. Traven2016-10-18T16:40:15+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/05/26/memorial-day-for-planet-earth/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/earth.jpgearth2014-09-01T13:28:10+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/05/25/the-berlusconi-factor/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/koch-brothers.jpgkoch-brothers2014-09-01T13:22:07+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/08/31/a-cautionary-tale-for-labor-day/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dad-1945-001.jpgDad 1945 001My Dad in the Army in 19452015-02-20T12:36:51+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/08/29/six-patriotic-songs-for-labor-day-weekend/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sunset-july-2014-006.jpgsunset july 2014 0062014-09-01T01:27:21+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/04/19/how-the-u-s-could-have-won-the-vietnam-war-1982/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/saigon-fall.jpgsaigon fallThe look of defeat: Saigon, 19752022-02-11T07:19:37+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/10/20/war-what-is-it-good-for-profit-and-power/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/100_1686.jpg100_1686Boeing B-52 bomber over Vietnam2014-08-27T11:59:15+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/08/25/i-have-traveled-to-the-mountain-and-now-i-am-looking-over-the-precipice/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/police-as-ss.jpgpolice as ssWhen did our police come to look like stormtroopers? (Image: NYT)2014-08-26T14:10:22+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/08/22/general-allens-revealing-article-on-iraq/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/defense-large.jpgdefense-largeIs this the leader of a scourge and an abomination and a witch's brew?2014-08-23T23:30:42+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/08/21/osama-bin-laden-michael-brown-james-foley-the-common-thread/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/raid-2011.jpgraid 2011Obama watches as Osama bin-Laden is executed2014-08-21T20:49:05+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/08/19/the-american-cult-of-bombing/2014-08-19T17:27:19+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/08/18/israel-russia-and-the-usa/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/flag-pins-usa-israel.jpgFlag-Pins-USA-IsraelWill the Russian flag soon replace the American flag in this image?2014-09-04T02:25:20+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/08/16/polemical-poetry-vi-peace-with-horror/2014-08-16T16:53:05+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/08/14/suicide-the-brain-versus-the-mind/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/masks.jpgmasks2014-08-20T04:48:49+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/08/12/calling-the-troops-heroes-is-a-lie-that-puts-them-and-democracy-in-danger/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/800px-gendmshoup_usmc.jpg800px-GenDMShoup_USMCGeneral Shoup, awarded the Medal of Honor and an outspoken critic of America's war in Viet Namhttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bonnyman1942.jpgBonnyman1942San Diego September 1942. Top Row: Capt. Don E. Farkas, Dr. Agar, Lt. Gilbert. Bottom Row: Lt. Govedare holding Reising SMG and Lt. Bonnyman. Courtesy of the Farkas familyhttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img024.jpgimg024Bonnyman led the assault on this Japanese bunker at Tarawa. The arrow may (or may not) point to himhttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img022_3.jpgimg022_3Lieutenant Alexander Bonnyman Jr. on Tarawa2019-04-26T20:02:11+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/08/08/still-pursuing-the-dream-of-bombing/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bomber-ss-slide-32x2-superjumbo.jpgbomber-ss-slide-32X2-superJumboB-1 Bomber (NYT photo)2014-08-19T21:16:43+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/08/07/afghanistan-still-losing/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/marymccarthy460.jpgmarymccarthy460Mary McCarthy2014-08-15T19:10:56+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/08/05/my-opposition-to-the-vietnam-war/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/nguyen.jpgNGUYEN NGOC LOANhttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pamphlet.jpgpamphlet2014-08-06T18:25:39+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/08/02/dissent-and-democracies/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/us-constitution.jpgus constitution2014-08-04T19:07:31+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/07/31/a-century-of-mass-slaughter/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/42_cm_gamma_mc3b6rser_awm_a02560.jpeg42_cm_Gamma_Mörser_AWM_A02560Big Bertha (wiki)2014-07-31T21:52:31+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/07/30/a-new-thirty-years-war-in-the-middle-east/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/the_hanging_by_jacques_callot.jpgThe_Hanging_by_Jacques_CallotJacques Callot captured the miseries of the Thirty Years' War. Here we see a mass hanging2014-10-11T12:35:30+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/07/28/when-we-americans-have-a-problem-we-kill-somebody/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/nuclear_explosion_ap.jpgnuclear_explosion_APThe hint of such weapons being used--how can this be morally acceptable to anyone, especially to a church that says it follows Christ?2014-07-30T13:36:33+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/07/27/whats-a-nice-jewish-american-boy-to-do/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bar-mitzvah-boy-jack-rose-007.jpgbar-mitzvah-boy-jack-rose-007Scene from Jack Rosenthal's Bar Mitzvah Boy2016-08-29T02:22:18+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/07/25/kerry-led-bankrupt-failed-peace-talks-now-he-wants-bankrupt-failed-ceasefire/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/kerry.jpgKerryJohn Kerry: A fair broker in the Gaza Crisis?2014-07-27T17:28:01+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/07/24/wake-up-america-time-to-set-a-new-course/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/wheel.jpgwheelTime to set a new course, America2014-07-27T12:36:25+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/07/22/david-versus-goliath-in-the-middle-east/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/david-and-goliath_aaron-wolpert.jpgdavid and goliath_aaron wolpert2014-07-27T12:23:59+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/07/17/dealing-with-not-feeling-good-enough/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/unnamed-3.jpgunnamed-32014-07-21T18:16:25+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/07/20/technology-and-the-role-of-scientists-and-engineers-in-society/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/apollo-05-140716.jpgapollo-05-140716Earth as seen from orbit by Apollo 11 in 19692014-07-21T11:15:42+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/07/17/in-iraq-meet-the-new-strategy-same-as-the-old-strategy/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/thesurge800.jpgTheSurge800Not such a good idea2014-07-18T00:17:03+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/08/08/with-peace-envoys-like-martin-indyk-the-sun-is-still-setting-on-israeli-palestinian-relations/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/203.jpg203Sunsets are pretty, unless the sun is setting on prospects for peace (Photo by W. Astore)2014-07-17T12:42:23+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/07/16/the-modern-republican-party-chose-the-family-of-jim-crow/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/gop-elephant-at-podium2.jpgGOP-Elephant-at-podium2He has a lot to be sorry for2014-07-22T19:48:26+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/07/15/the-saudis-the-israelis-and-u-s-foreign-policy/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20140713-gaza-slide-r5oc-slide.jpg20140713-GAZA-slide-R5OC-slideA Casualty of War in Gaza2014-07-15T11:57:41+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/07/12/global-reach-global-power-has-deep-roots-in-americas-past/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/corbett.jpgCorbettSir Julian Corbetthttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1907_radm_mahan_b.jpg1907_radm_mahan_bAlfred Thayer Mahan, prophet of global reach, global powerhttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/us-atlantic-fleet-1907.jpgUs-atlantic-fleet-1907Mahan's vision attained: The U.S. Atlantic Fleet in 19072014-07-12T21:28:07+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/07/08/america-the-dutiful/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/chickenhawk.jpgchickenhawk2014-08-29T18:20:54+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/06/14/who-lost-iraq/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/iraq.jpgiraqMore guns, more men, more fighting, more death in Iraq2014-07-08T15:44:02+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/07/06/iraq-what-they-died-for/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/van-buren.jpgvan burenIf you haven't read it, read it. Now.https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/peter-van-buren_4.jpgPeter-Van-Buren_4Peter Van Buren2014-07-07T21:02:46+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/07/03/happy-fourth-of-july/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dusk-2014-009.jpgDusk 2014 009Another shot of Old Glory -- from sea to shining seahttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dusk-2014-005.jpgDusk 2014 005A path to the salt marshhttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dusk-2014-030.jpgDusk 2014 030Calm and Serenehttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dusk-2014-025.jpgDusk 2014 025Sunset near Keveney Bridgehttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dusk-2014-022.jpgDusk 2014 022Old Glory as the sun sets2014-07-04T21:08:33+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/07/02/the-real-crimes-in-construction-a-response-to-petroski/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/construction.jpgConstruction Workers Looking at Roof2014-07-02T22:51:48+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/06/27/world-war-i-the-death-of-chivalry-and-the-false-end-of-war/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/wilfred-owen-bigger.jpgWilfred-Owen biggerWilfred Owen2014-08-29T21:36:43+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/06/24/the-greediest-generation/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/greed.jpggreedhttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/merylstreephillaryclintonselfiels.jpgMeryl Streep, Hillary Rodham ClintonDon't they have enough photos of themselves?2014-06-24T15:42:34+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/06/23/greece-china-and-iraq-the-high-price-of-dimwitted-and-feckless-leadership/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/greece.jpggreece"China and Greece Sign Deals Worth $5bn during Li Visit" -- the BBC headline says it all2014-06-24T06:42:50+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/06/22/everywhere-is-war/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/war.jpgwarToo Much War (The Sydney Morning Herald)2014-06-23T01:22:12+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/06/21/when-principle-and-politics-collide-obamas-new-coal-emissions-standards/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/gina-mccarthy.jpgGina McCarthyEPA Administrator Gina McCarthy (Getty Images)2014-06-21T15:26:21+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/06/19/reification-and-patriotism-part-ii/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/wrapped.jpg4107-28416It's never a good idea to wrap yourself in the flag, no matter how fetching you are (Courtesy of Superstock)2014-06-19T21:29:53+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/06/17/the-fix-is-in-money-sex-politics-and-education-in-america/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dunce-cap.jpgDunce-capNowadays, it's not the students who should be wearing the dunce capshttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ann_richards_ms_corner_shot_web_1-620x290.jpgAnn_Richards_MS_Corner_Shot_web_1-620x290A corner of the Ann Richards Middle School in Austin, Texas2015-11-13T23:09:46+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/06/12/uncle-sam-doesnt-want-you-he-already-has-you/2015-02-05T15:06:19+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/06/10/mike-murrys-searing-poetry-some-of-its-meanings/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/westie.jpgWestieGeneral William Westmoreland2014-06-10T21:22:13+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/06/09/polemical-poetry-iii-a-clockwork-phoenix-epiphany/2014-06-09T22:16:34+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/06/05/european-misadventures-us-russian-meddling-in-ukraine/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ukraine-crisis.jpgukraine-crisis2014-06-21T04:17:28+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/06/05/d-day-seventy-years-later/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/d-day-photo.jpgAmerican craft of all styles pictured at Omaha Beach, June 1944Omaha Beach at Normandy after the initial landings2014-06-08T02:13:30+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/06/04/on-standing-armies/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/army.jpgarmy2014-06-05T13:15:33+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/06/03/eric-shinseki-punching-bag-for-the-bushies-and-obama/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/shinseki.jpgShinsekiI hired him, now I'm firing him. Sinseki in 2008 when Obama announced his appointment as secretary for the VA2014-06-09T15:02:15+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/06/02/memorial-day-2014-drinking-foul-waters-from-a-poisoned-chalice/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/abraham_lincoln.jpgAbraham_LincolnAbe Knew the Score2014-06-04T05:29:47+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/05/30/polemical-poetry-ii-of-memory-and-memory-holes/2014-05-31T02:40:57+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/05/28/pets-in-congress-2/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/images.jpgPet PeeveRuss Feingold... thinking2014-05-30T08:00:45+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/05/25/freethinkers-fighting-for-fair-play-the-true-goal-of-higher-education/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/flash_of_genius_post.jpgFlash_of_genius_postDo you have what it takes to fight for your rights? (Movie poster from "Flash of Genius")2014-07-07T19:36:50+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/05/18/a-contrarian-hero/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/nikkoschoch2.jpgNikko Schochhttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/nikkoschoch1.jpgNikko SchochNikko with medals he gave back.2014-09-14T07:47:14+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/05/22/polemical-poety-i-pain-into-power/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/gargole.jpgThe Misfortune TellerThe Misfortune Teller Sculpture-Painting by Michael Murry © 20142014-05-23T00:48:19+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/05/15/the-star-that-he-is-cnns-shame-and-other-matters/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/chi-emanuel-on-camera-20140424.jpgCT-ENT-0424-CHICAGOLAND3.jpg_CTBroadsheet_04-24-2014_ALL_HD_KT6Chicago: Your Messiah Has Arrived! (CNN Photo)2014-05-21T14:51:06+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/05/13/the-snowden-saga-begins-glenn-greenwalds-new-book/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/greenwald.jpggreenwald2014-05-13T22:48:27+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/05/12/institutionalized-education-a-quasi-anarchists-perspective/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/grades.jpggradesSurely there's more to learning than this2015-12-08T19:10:16+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/05/08/the-best-air-raid-ever/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/vonnegut.jpgvonnegut2014-05-09T01:30:53+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/05/05/the-great-war-why-the-germans-lost-world-war-i/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/trench.jpgtrench2014-05-07T21:26:33+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/05/02/spreading-violence-is-much-easier-than-bridging-cultural-gaps/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ana.jpganaTeach a man to shoot ...2014-05-05T02:24:17+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/04/28/saint-john-paul-ii-really/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/pope.jpgpopeA Strong Leader, but Not A Saint2014-04-29T22:17:22+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/04/26/the-real-aggressor-in-ukraine/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/the_joker.jpgthe_jokerBeware of jokers in the deck2014-04-27T10:55:07+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/04/24/overpopulation-the-elephant-in-the-parlor/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sg-scoop.jpgSG scoopScooping Up Excess People in "Soylent Green"2014-05-24T16:02:09+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/04/23/the-winners-of-putins-aggression-the-u-s-military-industrial-complex-and-big-oil/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/red_dawn.jpgred_dawnhttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/vladimir-putin-riding-bear.jpgvladimir-putin-riding-bearThe ideal Republican candidate for president2014-04-25T21:23:14+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/04/22/militarizing-our-borders-while-letting-people-die/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/skull-desert.jpgAB19089Source: Huffington Post2014-06-16T20:24:58+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/04/20/was-the-vietnam-war-unwinnable-1993/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/rambo-1.jpgrambo 1As Rambo said, "Do we get to win this time?"2014-04-29T14:24:40+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/04/17/the-selective-subservience-system/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/41606996-jessica-lynch.jpg41606996-jessica-lynchRemember Jessica Lynch? (Denver Post)2015-03-04T22:07:25+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/04/14/fighting-for-coveted-combat-badges-and-patches/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/the-point.jpgthe pointhttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/war-slide-ks0k-superjumbo.jpgWAR-slide-KS0K-superJumboA slice of military education at West Point (Source: New York Times)2014-04-16T23:30:25+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/04/10/did-jesus-have-a-wife/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/papyrus-wife.jpgPapyrus wifeIn this papyrus, Jesus mentions "my wife" and suggests she is his disciple2014-04-12T13:00:36+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/04/08/hyper-competitiveness-in-china/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/umbrella.jpgumbrellaNever underestimate the power of a well-wielded umbrella2014-04-09T11:52:06+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/04/05/one-word-defines-u-s-foreign-policy-hubris/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/gloriaswansonnormadesmond2.jpgGloriaSwansonNormaDesmond2Like Gloria Swanson in "Sunset Boulevard," Our Hubristic Leaders Are Always Ready for their Close-up2014-04-08T03:29:25+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/04/03/the-gm-ignition-switch-crime/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/laura.jpglauraA grieving Laura Christian (far right) appeals to GM and America for justice (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)2014-04-04T16:16:00+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/04/02/no-fracking-is-not-making-the-u-s-more-secure/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/fracking.jpgfrackingAP Images/Brennan Linsley2014-04-02T18:29:06+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/03/31/the-putin-gambit-in-crimea-checkmates-obama-and-the-neo-cons/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/chess.jpgchessOnly Putin Has the Major Pieces in this Chess Match2014-04-01T17:44:14+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/03/29/front-blew-in-western-arrogance-toward-africa-american-ignorance-toward-allergens-and-the-peril-of-questions-left-unasked/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/map_of_burundi.jpgmap_of_burundiBurundi: Is the west truly helping?2014-03-29T19:06:33+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/03/27/abolish-the-air-force/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/images-af.jpgimages AFhttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/usaf.jpgusaf2014-04-02T22:23:02+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/03/24/the-my-lai-massacre-just-got-worse/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/haldeman-collection-h-notes-my-lai-credit-needed.jpghaldeman-collection-h-notes-my-lai-credit-neededCredit: Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum2014-03-26T21:10:20+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/03/23/the-harder-i-worked-physically-the-less-money-i-made-the-harsh-reality-of-life-in-america/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/army-1942.jpgArmy 1942My father after being drafted in 19422014-03-25T18:17:05+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/03/20/on-not-being-wrong-or-why-you-should-start-worrying-about-the-u-s-surveillance-state/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/american-surveillance.jpgamerican surveillanceSometimes I feel like somebody's watching me2014-03-22T04:34:45+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/03/18/thanking-me-for-my-service/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/us_flag_backlit.jpgUS_Flag_Backlit2014-03-29T16:45:05+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/03/17/theological-circumcision-foreskins-and-free-thinking/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/11409306-the-creation-of-adam.jpg11409306-the-creation-of-adamWas Adam Made Perfectly in God's Image? 2015-04-26T18:30:27+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/03/13/a-moral-blind-spot-the-catholic-establishment-and-the-y-2-nuclear-protest/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sister-rice-600x450.jpgsister-rice-600x450Sister Megan Rice2019-05-21T01:25:49+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/03/14/senator-dianne-feinstein-starts-looking-for-jesus-john-brennan-believes-he-is-jesus/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dianne.jpgdianneSenator Dianne Feinstein, finally angry at the CIA because they're spying on her2014-03-15T01:23:05+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/03/10/hearing-the-little-voices-or-why-history-matters/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/retouched_subway_tsp_medium.jpgretouched_subway_tsp_medium2014-03-10T23:42:55+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/03/08/the-iraq-war-it-was-about-israel-politicsreligion-power-and-oil/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/iraqwar.jpgIraqWarThe vaunted Iraqi air force, buried in the sand2015-03-14T05:33:42+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/03/07/why-we-fight-oil/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/iraq1.jpgiraq1Pay no attention to the "black gold" in Iraq!2014-03-08T01:44:16+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/03/06/hair-trigger-america/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/gun.jpggunEasy on that trigger, America2014-03-07T13:03:46+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/03/06/the-pentagon-wins-wars-budgetary-wars-that-is/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/101222_pentagon_605_reuters.jpg101222_pentagon_605_reutersThe Pentagon of Power2014-03-06T21:59:06+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/03/03/quick-thoughts-on-the-oscars/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/norma-rae-sally-field.jpgnorma-rae-sally-fieldSally Field in Norma Rae2014-03-04T04:05:04+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/03/01/breaking-news-soft-power-and-what-syria-and-ukraine-have-in-common/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ukraine-russiantroops.jpgUkraine-RussianTroopshttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ukrainebleedinghead.jpgUkraineBleedingHeadBlood is already flowing...2014-03-02T19:55:15+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/02/28/watching-football-waiting-for-war/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/manning.jpgmanningYes, he's dejected -- but he's not deploying to Afghanistan2014-03-02T03:53:23+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/02/28/the-shortage-of-stem-workers-another-bogus-crisis-crafted-to-benefit-the-1/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/20130701-rich.jpgBetter days are here, for some of us.https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/brain.jpegBrain2014-02-28T16:55:55+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/02/27/the-pentagons-sky-is-falling/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hagel.jpgSecretary of Defense Chuck Hagel2014-02-27T22:21:49+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/02/26/managed-mystification-redux-the-importance-of-semantics/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/symbols.jpgsymbols2014-02-28T21:20:53+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/02/25/religious-based-discrimination/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/discrimination.jpgdiscriminationhttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/refusing.jpgrefusingSorry, Gents: So-Called Religion Won't Let Me Treat You Like Human Beings (Photo: NYT)2014-02-26T20:53:18+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/02/23/causes-without-rebels-what-ails-america-today/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/bremer-boots.jpgImperial Proconsul Bremer, desert boots and all, in a distinctly American momenthttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/bremer.jpgbremer2014-03-01T08:08:57+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/02/22/managed-mystification-the-carefully-crafted-destruction-of-intellectual-meaning/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/the-wiz.jpgthe wizDorothy, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion (not to mention Toto) discover the wrinkled, shrunken fraud who had managed to intimidate them and everyone else with loud noises from behind a screen. Original drawing by W. W. Denslowhttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/party.jpgpartyParty On, Shiny Happy People!2014-02-23T02:28:03+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/02/15/intercept-an-essential-new-site-by-greenwald-scahill-and-company/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/green.jpggreenGreenwald and Scahill, Watchdogs with Teeth2014-02-21T14:30:46+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/02/13/students-as-economic-cannon-fodder/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/jobs.jpgjobsJoining the plutocracy isn't easy ...2014-02-13T20:49:24+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/02/12/cheney-rumsfeld-and-the-end-of-history/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dick-rumsfeld-and-dick-cheney-laughing.jpgdick-rumsfeld-and-dick-cheney-laughingRumsfeld and Cheney2014-02-14T21:06:28+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/02/09/the-usa-takes-the-gold-medal-in-threat-inflation/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/0726sochi2014goldmedal.jpg0726+Sochi+2014+Gold+MedalThe USA Takes the Gold! (In Threat Inflation.)2014-02-10T03:45:42+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/02/08/pipeline-or-pipe-bomb-potential-pitfalls-of-the-keystone-xl-project/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/20111003_oilpipeline_map1.jpgKeystone XL pipeline route planned through central United Stateshttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/20111003_oilpipeline_map.jpgKeystone XL pipeline route planned through central United StatesWhat could possibly go wrong?2014-02-10T04:18:40+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/02/07/do-we-learn-anything-from-history/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/antique-books.jpgAntique-booksWorthless?2015-08-03T21:52:10+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/01/27/all-the-insecurity-money-can-buy/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/minuteman_missile_nhs.jpgMinuteman_Missile_NHSIt's not nice to fool with nuclear missiles2014-02-11T13:43:18+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/02/02/remembering-the-quiet-unsung-heroes-of-america/2014-02-02T15:27:09+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/01/30/war-as-a-meteor/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/005.jpg0052014-02-06T23:07:53+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/01/24/rulers-ideas-rule/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/marx.jpgMarxBeware the bearded one!2014-02-09T14:48:32+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/01/22/patronage-politics-and-charter-schools/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/blackboard1419.jpgblackboard1419The math looks very promising for the well-heeled in Chicago2014-01-24T09:40:56+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/01/21/is-the-digital-world-too-ephemeral/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/westport-lc-may-2013-002.jpgLincolnGive me hardcopy!2014-01-23T14:45:02+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/01/17/1096/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/stopspying.jpgStopSpying2014-01-18T17:17:18+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/01/17/chris-christie-you-lost-my-vote/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/christie.jpgChristiehttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/n-chris-christie-large570.jpgChris Christie2014-01-17T22:13:25+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/01/15/why-america-is-losing-its-wars/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/slim.jpgSlimWilliam Slim2015-02-03T03:03:56+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/01/14/a-modest-proposal-to-improve-voter-id-laws/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/id.jpgIDGo ahead -- make my day.2014-01-14T17:16:48+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/01/12/pussy-riot-american-style/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pussyriot-pic2.jpgNadezhda Tolokonnikovahttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pussyriot-pic1.jpgPussy RiotPussy Riot - In Riot Gearhttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pussyriot.jpgPussy riotPussy riothttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/guantanamo-prisoners.jpgGuantanamo prisoners2014-01-12T23:16:46+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/01/11/the-millionaires-in-congress-dont-care-about-sending-your-son-or-daughter-to-war/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/flag-lapel-pins.jpgflag lapel pinsPlease save us from flag lapel pins2017-03-23T10:16:16+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/01/09/biting-the-hand-that-fed-you-robert-gates-former-secretary-of-defense-now-leading-ingrate/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gates.jpggatesBob Gates, Secretary of Ingratitude2014-01-10T05:18:49+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/01/04/washington-priorities-exposed/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/brother-can-you-spare-a-dime-dvd.jpgBROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME DVD2014-01-04T15:33:39+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/01/03/change-we-can-believe-in-for-new-yorkers-its-deja-vu-all-over-again/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/01inaug17-blog480.jpg01inaug17-blog480De Blasio and Clinton: Change We Can't Believe In2014-01-04T17:05:06+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2014/01/01/healthcare-in-the-uk-great-care-instead-of-nightmare/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/great_ormond_street_hospital.jpgGreat_Ormond_Street_HospitalThe Great Ormond Street Hospital in London2014-01-02T08:32:03+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/12/30/prediction-for-2014-war-will-continue-to-find-a-way/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/war.jpgwarSorry: Nothing Glorious Here (Source: LA Times)https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/380px-john_bright_vanity_fair_1869-02-13.jpg380px-John_Bright,_Vanity_Fair,_1869-02-13John Bright2013-12-30T18:00:50+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/12/24/does-scrooge-reign-in-the-usa-today/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ghost.jpgghosthttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/scrooge.jpgscroogeAlastair Sim as Scrooge2013-12-27T23:56:11+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/12/18/spinning-desert-storm-tv-coverage-of-a-pentagon-production/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/800px-usaf_f-16a_f-15c_f-15e_desert_storm_pic.jpg800px-USAF_F-16A_F-15C_F-15E_Desert_Storm_picA common sight: American warplanes over a burning Iraq2013-12-19T19:29:13+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/12/16/doin-right-aint-got-no-end/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/captain.jpgcaptainBill McKinney as Captain Terrill in "The Outlaw Josey Wales"2013-12-25T17:26:50+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/12/14/the-sandy-hook-martyrs-one-year-later/2013-12-14T17:45:29+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/12/12/the-potential-monsters-among-us/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/eichmann.jpgeichmannNot all monsters look monstrous2013-12-17T03:12:23+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/12/09/stem-education-is-not-enough/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/peter_brian_medawar.jpgPeter_Brian_MedawarSir Peter Medawar2013-12-09T23:25:09+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/12/07/in-the-nut-house-with-rick-santorum-and-bill-oreilly/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/santorum.jpgSantorumRick Santorum: Legend in his own mind2013-12-07T23:20:38+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/12/05/everything-is-a-commodity/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/bageant.jpgBageantJoe Bageant in Belizehttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/rainbow-pie.jpgrainbow pie2013-12-05T16:15:05+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/12/03/the-education-business-money-money-money/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/money1.jpgmoney1Show me the money!2013-12-04T14:09:15+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/11/29/on-black-friday-the-hologram-is-revealed/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/teresabernini-close.jpgteresaBernini.closeToday's Teresas are driven to ecstasy by commodities2013-11-29T14:43:21+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/11/28/thanksgiving-day-november-26th-1936/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dad-in-oregon-near-snake-river-1937.jpgDad in Oregon near Snake River, 1937Dad in Oregon (near the Snake River)https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/001.jpg001My Dad's Menu from Thanksgiving, 19362013-11-29T00:25:42+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/11/26/obamas-iranian-initiative-finally-chutzpah/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/131125-iran-economy-330p-photoblog600.jpg131125-iran-economy-330p.photoblog600Yes, Iran has people too. It's not just about oil and targets for bombs2013-11-28T03:36:03+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/11/25/fear-and-monsters/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/paul-atreides.jpgpaul atreidesFear is the mind-killer (From the movie, "Dune")2013-11-25T22:59:53+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/11/23/our-pro-war-media/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/384-20131122-community.jpg384-20131122-communityCheerleaders may support our troops, but media cheerleaders are bad at covering our wars2013-11-25T23:54:00+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/11/21/lets-prove-the-pen-is-mightier-than-the-sword/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pen-007.jpgpen 007Ladies & Gentlemen, Start Your Pens2013-11-28T06:14:50+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/11/17/war-is-becoming-obsolete-in-1884/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1884_morgan_dollar_obv.jpg1884_morgan_dollar_obvAt least coins were more attractive in 1884 (Morgan silver dollar)2015-05-19T13:23:23+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/11/13/sex-lies-and-rupert-murdochs-sleazy-news-empire/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/brooks-vamping.jpgbrooks vampingRebekah Brooks, vampinghttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/399px-rupert_murdoch_-_wef_davos_2007.jpgRupert Murdoch: What did he know and when did he know it?2013-11-13T18:43:02+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/11/11/too-many-troops-have-died-in-the-name-of-big-boy-pants/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/poppies-sun.jpgpoppies sunToo many troops have died in the name of big boy pants2013-11-11T14:42:19+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/11/09/the-united-states-empire-or-umpire/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/umpire.jpgumpireIs this really the role of the United States in the world?2013-11-09T19:10:38+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/11/08/a-response-to-ann-joness-new-book-they-were-soldiers/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/johnnygothisgun.jpgJohnnyGotHisGun2013-12-09T13:38:35+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/11/07/ann-jones-on-the-horrendous-costs-of-war-to-our-veterans/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/wallatnight1.jpgwallatnight12013-11-08T02:11:58+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/11/06/euphemisms-and-the-banality-of-evil/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/george-orwell.jpggeorge-orwell2014-02-10T04:00:23+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/11/02/journalism-as-terrorism-would-the-british-government-do-this-without-obamas-approval/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/david-miranda-and-glenn-g-011.jpgDavid Miranda and Glenn GreenwaldDavid Miranda and Glenn Greenwald: "Terrorists"?2013-11-04T04:52:43+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/11/01/the-predatory-nature-of-war/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/a10.jpga10A predatory war bird: The A-10 Warthog2013-11-01T12:56:09+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/10/30/two-tales-of-the-second-citys-social-horrors/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/shadow.gifshadowShadow Town2013-10-30T16:02:27+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/10/28/harvard-and-the-serving-of-god-and-mammon/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/harvard.jpgHarvardLeafy Campuses, Ivory Towers, Lots of Greed2013-10-28T14:47:00+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/10/27/that-word-again-lockdown/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/master-po.jpgmaster po"Fear is the only darkness" -- Master Po2013-10-27T14:27:55+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/10/24/president-obama-is-there-anyone-you-havent-offended/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/sahl.jpgsahlMort Sahl, A Stand-Up Guy2013-10-26T14:16:24+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/06/02/of-tail-fins-and-fighter-jets-artificial-obsolescence-and-economic-bankruptcy/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/20090807_tail_fin_200x150rb.jpg20090807_tail_fin_200x150rbThe Good Old Days of Artificial Obsolescence2013-10-25T16:58:37+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/10/24/rest-areas-arent-restful-anymore/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/rest_area_closed.jpgRest_Area_ClosedThanks a lot, Amerika! (Photo by Amit Patel)2013-10-24T12:29:13+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/10/22/on-soldiering-in-the-u-s-military/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/large_gole.jpggole 1 1002 dcg 21973.jpgCOL Henry G. Gole, USA (Ret.)2016-02-01T23:40:39+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/10/18/old-thoughts-on-the-iraq-war-and-its-aftermath/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ustanks_baghdad_2003.jpeg031113-F-0981H-032On the road again ...2013-10-18T23:11:59+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/10/17/uncle-sam-wants-you-stars-of-stage-and-screen-and-the-sporting-world/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/james_stewart_air_force_photo.jpgColonel James M. "Jimmy" Stewarthttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2fac9754f1.jpg2fac9754f1Brigadier General Jimmy Stewart (for real)2014-04-19T16:24:29+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/10/16/remember-color-coded-threat-warnings/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/hsas-chart.jpgHsas-chart2013-10-16T21:30:51+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/06/13/favorite-contrarian-quotations-2/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/242aa581-1dd8-b71c-078391fbf0f19e38-large.jpg242AA581-1DD8-B71C-078391FBF0F19E38-largeConfederate dead at Antietam, 1862, photo by Alexander Gardner (National Park Service)2013-10-15T12:49:36+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/10/14/iraq-and-afghanistan-are-not-rubiks-cubes/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/rubiks_cube_by_keqs.jpgA Rubik's Cube2013-10-14T13:08:59+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/10/11/lessons-of-the-vietnam-war/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/my_lai_massacre_375.jpgmy_lai_massacre_375The My Lai Massacre2013-10-11T15:54:10+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/10/05/military-academies-and-the-values-of-america/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/us_naval_academy_sign.jpgUS_Naval_Academy_signFootball, Yes. English, No.2013-10-07T20:00:23+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/10/07/the-real-meaning-of-the-korean-war/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/mem_dixon_chosin_104a_720x471.jpgmem_dixon_chosin_104a_720x471No Picnic: U.S. Troops at Chosin Reservoir in Korea2015-08-05T02:13:16+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/10/04/reading-racecraft-in-atlanta/2013-10-04T17:28:24+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/10/01/daddy-who-won-the-wars/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/father-son.jpgfather son2014-03-26T15:04:44+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/09/24/creationism-and-global-warming-denial-in-the-usa/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/charles-darwin-2.jpgcharles-darwin-2Charles Darwinhttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2010-04-28-creationmuseum-thumb.jpg2010-04-28-creationmuseum-thumbCreationism is bunk, though the idea of riding a dinosaur is cool2013-09-29T13:45:40+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/09/28/the-day-the-congress-stood-still/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-klaatu-gort.jpgthe-day-the-earth-stood-still-klaatu-gortKlaatu: Please unleash Gort2013-09-28T23:59:40+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/05/30/war-is-a-racket/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/046.jpgPlaque in Honor of Smedley ButlerPlaque in Philly in Honor of Smedley Butler. Photo by author.2013-09-27T21:50:41+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/05/31/our-disneyland-approach-to-empire/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/troopbaghdadm14s.jpgIraqi theme park?2013-09-27T21:49:32+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/06/07/the-temptations-of-drone-warfare/2013-09-27T21:46:58+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/06/14/exclusive-interview-with-former-cuban-ambassador/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dr-carlos-alzugaray2553-l.jpgdr-carlos-alzugaray2553-lAmbassador Carlos Alzugaray2013-09-27T21:46:03+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/06/11/shooting-the-gun-myths/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sw_model_629.jpgSW_Model_629This home protected by Smith & Wesson2013-09-27T21:44:49+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/06/19/fresh-thinking-on-u-s-national-security-policy/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/athena.jpgathenaMore Athens, Less Sparta2013-09-27T21:41:28+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/06/26/snowden-blew-the-five-oclock-whistle-but-the-bosses-dont-want-us-to-hear-it/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/workers41.jpgworkers41Can you hear the whistle?https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/fish_sucker_propaganda_poster.jpgfish_sucker_propaganda_posterWho are the suckers now?2013-09-27T21:34:43+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/06/27/the-perils-of-zombie-education/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/zombie-grads.jpgzombie gradsImage: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout2013-09-27T21:33:44+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/06/29/thirteen-movies-about-the-holocaust/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/scholl-movie.jpgscholl movie2013-09-27T21:32:43+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/07/01/fighting-forest-fires/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/spain-firefighter_2308760k.jpgA firefighter of Alcoy and Elda tries to2015-04-28T13:40:42+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/07/03/why-we-celebrate-july-4th/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/flag.jpgflagLong may it wave as a symbol of freedom. Photo in Maine, 2006, by the author2017-07-05T13:47:20+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/07/06/finding-inner-peace/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/truro-2013-little-camera-029.jpgTruro 2013 little camera 029Along Cape Cod Bay, June 2013. Photo by the author2013-09-27T21:28:46+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/09/27/martial-virtue-promise-and-peril/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/k9-6ares.jpgK9.6AresIt's unwise to worship without question the god of war (Worcester Art Museum, image of Ares)2015-01-15T20:19:07+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/09/25/online-teaching-is-inferior-to-the-classroom-experience/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/1006_houseman-paper-chase_650x455.jpg1006_houseman-paper-chase_650x455Best to avoid a skull full of mush when this man is teaching (John Houseman in "The Paper Chase")2013-10-04T17:05:46+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/07/08/dueling-bumper-stickers/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/b52superiorfirepower.jpgB52SuperiorFirepowerKissinger's foreign policyhttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/coexist_by_chima1.pngCoexist_by_Chima12013-09-25T15:09:00+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/07/10/forgotten-are-the-peacemakers/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/berkshires-oct-2012-028.jpgBerkshires Oct 2012 028The Plaque in Honor of Burritthttps://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/berkshires-oct-2012-027.jpgBerkshires Oct 2012 027Monument to Elihu Burritt in New Marlboro, Mass. (author's photo)2013-09-25T15:07:55+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/07/17/george-bernard-shaws-warning-from-history/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/george-bernard-shaw3.jpgGeorge Bernard Shaw3George Bernard Shaw2013-09-25T15:06:42+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/07/23/a-bumper-sticker-collage/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/stockbridge-july-2013-043.jpgStockbridge July 2013 043A collage of bumper stickers in Great Barrington, Mass.2013-09-25T15:04:07+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/07/24/moving-memorial-to-sandy-hook-martyrs/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/stockbridge-july-2013-026.jpgStockbridge July 2013 026Memorial to the innocents killed at Sandy Hook elementary. Photo by author.2014-04-18T06:16:26+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/07/27/black-magic-and-the-gop-family-values-man/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/family-values.jpgfamily-valuesWhose family values?2013-09-25T15:01:55+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/07/28/education-thoughtlessness-and-the-golem/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/450px-clay-golem.jpg450px-Clay-golemThe Golem, fed by our thoughtlessness (Source: Wikipedia)2013-09-25T15:00:36+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/06/28/no-nation-can-preserve-its-freedom-in-the-midst-of-continual-warfare/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/james_madison_1894_issue-2.jpgJames_Madison_1894_Issue-2$James Madison understood the need for, and wisdom of, formal Congressional declarations of war2013-09-25T14:59:13+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/09/22/of-moocs-and-technology-why-true-education-is-not-content-delivery/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/deadpoet.jpgdeadpoetRobin Williams in "Dead Poets Society"2013-12-03T17:51:10+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/07/31/chicago-a-tale-of-two-cities-in-one/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/400px-rahm_emanuel.jpg400px-Rahm_EmanuelRahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor (Wikipedia)2013-09-22T22:26:57+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/08/01/the-people-united-will-never-be-defeated-a-second-chance/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/martin-luther-king-sch.jpgMartin-Luther-King-SCH2013-09-22T22:26:10+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/08/06/if-were-fooled-again-shame-on-us-with-security-alerts-obama-channels-bush-yet-again/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/mr-t-fools.jpgMr T foolsIt's time for the American public to stop playing the fool2013-09-22T22:25:08+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/08/10/the-bitter-logic-of-capitalism/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/001-2.jpg001 (2)My Mom and Dad2013-09-22T22:23:21+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/08/13/what-its-all-about/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/269.jpg269Life's tough enough without being an idiot (author's photo)2013-09-22T22:20:27+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/08/15/does-the-u-s-military-know-what-its-doing-in-afghanistan/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/vietnam.jpgvietnamNot knowing (or lying) about the enemy's numbers makes for a very long and costly war. Ask Vietnam vets.2016-12-05T03:14:52+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/08/17/the-persistence-of-war/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tom-cruise.jpgtom cruiseA young Tom Cruise loving his machine gun in "Taps"2013-09-22T22:18:43+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/08/19/a-cherokee-parable/2013-09-22T22:17:57+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/08/21/apache-scouts-listening-hollywood-not-listening/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/remington_apache.jpgremington_apacheApache Scouts, Listening (National Gallery of Art)2013-09-22T22:17:08+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/08/24/in-praise-of-douglas-kinnard-a-truth-telling-general-of-the-vietnam-war/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/kinnard-002.jpgkinnard 002My Copy of "The War Managers"2017-07-05T14:13:53+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/08/26/syria-maybe-used-chemical-weapons-and-the-u-s-sits-in-judgment/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/napalm.jpgnapalmNick Ut's famous photo of children fleeing napalm in Vietnam (NPR)2013-09-22T22:15:27+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/08/28/why-not-zero-tolerance-of-guns/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/the-matrix-_divx_-311_0003.jpgThe Matrix _DivX_ 311_0003Maybe we don't need guns, lots of guns. Image from "The Matrix."2013-09-22T22:14:42+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/08/29/reflections-on-a-visit-to-moscow/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/moscow-state-u.jpgMoscow State UMoscow State University (photo by author)2013-09-22T22:13:55+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/08/31/the-rock-is-black-the-tank-is-white/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tank-006.jpgtank 006The rock is black, the tank is white ...2013-09-22T22:13:10+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/09/02/placing-too-much-faith-in-technology-in-the-classroom/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/slides.jpgslidesStare at the screens, you zombies!2013-09-22T22:12:24+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/09/04/why-were-outraged-by-poison-gas/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/zyklon1.jpgzyklon1Zyklon-B stockpile used by the Nazis in World War II (Image: USHMM)2013-09-22T22:03:02+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/09/06/whither-thou-comest-whence-thou-goest-caligula-and-the-red-shift/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/camus.jpgCamus2013-09-22T22:02:08+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/09/07/an-open-letter-to-congress-on-syria/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tomahawk.jpegtomahawkQuicker, easier, more seductive -- and wrong2013-09-22T22:01:19+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/09/11/obama-not-bush-unleashed-the-nsa-to-invade-our-privacy/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/big-brother.jpgBig BrotherIt is patriotic to object to invasions of our privacy2013-09-22T16:02:58+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/09/14/wars-are-not-won-by-the-suppression-of-truth/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/b52-bombs.jpgb52-bombsShock and awe, and awesomely deadly2013-09-22T16:02:12+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/09/15/american-fascism-accurate-or-misleading/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/10969747194.jpg10969747194Has an Iron Heel already come to the USA?2013-09-22T16:00:29+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/09/18/americas-ascetic-warrior-generals/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/article-petraeus-broadwell4-1112.jpgarticle-petraeus-broadwell4-1112Irony of ironies: The "ascetic" Petraeus bonded with Broadwell as they ran six-minute miles2013-09-22T15:59:32+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/09/19/three-lessons-for-the-u-s-military-from-the-falklands-war/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/map_of_falkland-islands.jpgmap_of_falkland-islands2020-11-01T18:19:46+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/07/02/asymmetrical-warfare-its-real-meaning/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/f15s.jpgf15sDon't worry, it's just a game, and we have the best toys2013-07-02T14:13:00+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/06/25/new-meaning-for-the-nsa/2013-06-25T17:42:03+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/06/24/america-is-the-greatest-country-look-at-our-health-care-and-weep/2013-06-24T12:52:15+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/06/17/the-need-for-fresh-thinking-in-national-security-policy/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pentagon.jpgPentagonIt's impossible for Washington to think outside of the Pentagonal Box2013-06-17T20:33:07+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/06/08/learning-from-europes-dark-past/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/whiterose1.jpgWhiteRoseThe incredibly brave White Rose movement resisted Nazi tyranny2013-06-16T04:15:10+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/06/05/what-is-terrorism/https://contraryperspective.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/terror-001.jpgterror 001My copy. Not the sexiest cover, but a good primer nonetheless2013-06-06T22:16:12+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.com/2013/06/02/favorite-contrarian-quotations-1/2013-06-02T13:29:28+00:00monthlyhttps://contraryperspective.comdaily1.02024-07-16T19:05:57+00:00