ISB BLOG

The Trump Regime is giddy with this War of Choice on behalf of Israel “Power is a poison well known for thousands of years.” Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago The poison spreads across the Middle East, from the rubble of Gaza and the ethnic cleansing of...

Messing with the God of War is dangerous business The American Congress is impotent, led by cowardly men who will not defend the institution’s Constitutional prerogatives, including that of declaring war and committing our troops to battle. This complete abrogation of...

We're Living in an Ethics-Free Country “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.” Martin Luther King, Jr. April 4, 1967 Another American War of Choice in the...

If you’ve seen one Trump speech you’ve seen them all, the pattern rarely varies. Confession: I didn’t watch the Kabuki performance also known as the State of the Union address. Watching Donald Trump sputter and spew for two minutes is torture enough, let alone two...

If the powerful wanted us to vote they’d make it as easy as possible. The SAVE America Act that recently passed the House and is now under consideration in the Senate is a solution in search of a problem. The act purports to protect elections from ineligible voters,...

We're All Drowning in Epstein's Cesspool “Any which way, we're going to need a little luckYou can still get gas in Heaven, and a drink in Kingdom ComeIn the meantime I'm cleaning my gun” Mark Knopfler, “Cleaning My Gun” Like a lot of citizens, I’ve been trying to make...

January alone provided enough outrages for the entire year, but Trump and his minions have much more in store.   “Tank is full and his toll is paidHellbound and determinedHe run a dangerous payloadWhen he comes to the crossroadsAh man, it's all timed to...

The progeny of white supremacists have finally met their moment. “Caught between the longing for loveAnd the struggle for the legal tenderWhere the sirens singAnd the church bells ringAnd the junkman pounds his fender” “The Pretender” Jackson Browne Every time I hear...

“We can’t count on change being brought about by elections when we can’t count on elections.” Masha Gessen Trump and his gang of zealots, thieves, and plutocrats are moving at speed, and millions of Americans are pretending its business as usual. Day by day the rule...

But if Dr. King’s premise is correct, does it mean the arc of the moral universe bends of its own accord? “I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Martin Luther King,...