Faux conservatism is helping destroy our liberties Readers of The New York Times expect high-quality diversity on the opinion pages. got Ross Douthat’s often lightweight, predictable, and at times logic- and fact-challenged essays. Now he’s leaving for CBS 60 Minutes. I hope Douthat’s replacement is a first-rate conservative thinker and encourage you to embrace that [...]
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Jeremy Busby & Isabella Lucia Maitino Truthout/TheAppeal Congress is grappling with the renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the controversial program that allows the U.S. government to surveil foreigners and the individuals that correspond with them, including Americans. Its proponents say it’s vital to national security, but civil liberties advocates say it’s […]
Jessica Corbett Common Dreams Trita Parsi, an expert on US-Iranian relations, cast doubt on President Donald Trump’s Saturday claims that he halted planned strikes on Iran due to progress in negotiations to end the illegal conflict, launched by the Republican and Israel in February. “The U.S.A. is locked and loaded and ready to go against […]