Putin-the-Unready? Paul Craig Roberts Leaders of European countries with limited military ability are openly declaring their preparation for war with Russia.  The Baltic states, Poland, Netherlands, France, Germany, and the UK speak if they look forward to a war that would utterly destroy them.  It is a mystery as Russia poses no threat to them and wants nothing from them…

How the Israel Lobby Took Over America’s Universities Paul Craig Roberts Cornell University, once a place of discussion and learning, is seeking to remove a tenured Jewish professor, Eric Cheyfitz, who permits Israel to be discussed instead of simply praised.  The professor’s daughter and granddaughter live in Israel. But this doesn’t save him from being charged with discrimination against a…

Democracy is a fraud, a cover for rule by private interests Paul Craig Roberts Political campaign contributions, not voters, elect the president and members of the Senate and House.  Consequently, elected representatives represent the private interests that fund their campaigns. Democracy serves as a cloak, a guise, that hides the fact that the government belongs to the private lobbies that…