Category Archives: war

The Choice For California’s Next Senator….

Posted on March 5, 2024 by Arlen Grossman

As we do every Monday on the YouTube videocast, Halitics, Hal Ginsberg and I discuss–and often vigorously debate–the latest news from the world of politics. Today we talk about the upcoming race for U.S. senator from California, as well as … Continue reading →

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The Mess In The Middle East

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

The final Halitics videocast for me in 2023 as I join Hal Ginsberg on my regular Monday appearance. We talk about America’s role in the Israel/Hamas war where civilians are being killed in great numbers, and other issues of the … Continue reading →

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War in the Middle East

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

Hal and I spend the hour talking about the Israeli-Palestine War and what comes next.

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America Can’t Let the 9/11 War Lies Go Down the Memory Hole

Posted on September 12, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

By Thom Hartmann/ HartmannReport.com/ September 11, 2023 Today is 9/11, the event that first brought America together and then was cynically exploited by George W. Bush and Dick Cheney to have a war against Iraq, following their illegal invasion of … Continue reading →

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How to Ignore 4.5 Million Deaths 

Posted on August 4, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

A review of Norman Solomon’s War Made Invisible By Bryce Greene/ Fair.org/ August 1, 2023 Brown University’s Costs of War project released a study this year estimating that US-led wars since 9/11 have contributed directly and indirectly to 4.5 million deaths in … Continue reading →

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BPR Editor Talks Ukraine on Videocast

Posted on March 26, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

Hal Ginsberg, former head honcho at Monterey’s KRXA Progressive talk radio show, has invited me on his new YouTube broadcast, Halitics, tomorrow (Friday) starting at 11am ET/8amPT. We will discuss my recent letter to the editor in the Monterey Herald … Continue reading →

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We Can’t Underestimate Putin

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Arlen Grossman

By Arlen Grossman/ Letters, Monterey Herald, March 22, 2023 A confused letter writer recently wrote that since the U.S. won its independence from England without asking for help from other countries (not true, by the way), Ukraine shouldn’t be asking … Continue reading →

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SUICIDE IS EASY

Posted on November 15, 2022 by Arlen Grossman

It says a lot about the maturity and evolution of the human race that it is possible that one (questionably stable) person can use a nuclear weapon that could easily spark a horrific war that would result in the death … Continue reading →

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As the Fourth Great Turning Unwinds, Technology is Speeding Up the Process

Posted on August 20, 2022 by Arlen Grossman

By Thomas Hartmann/ TheHartmannReport/ August 19, 2022 These hinge points of history are never painless, but they always leave enlightenment and true change in their wake. As Russian President Putin tries his version of Hitler’s September 1939 “defensive” attack on … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 18, 2021 by Arlen Grossman

In The End, Bin Laden Won He couldn’t have done it without us By  Michael Moore/ MichaelMoore.com/ September 7, 2021 I decided to go and meet the Taliban in the spring of 1999, two years before the 9/11 attacks. Most … Continue reading →

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