‘Commentary’ Archives
News in Yemen vastly underreported
By HOWARD McQUITTER II Recently, the New York Times in its Sunday Review section reported the Saudi war in Yemen in the last three years has caused 85,000 children to die from the bombardment or from starvation. What”'s more, the article goes further by saying Americans”' tax dollars are helping not only to fund the war, but is helping to starve tens of thousands of men, women and children and displaced thousands of others. The United Nations is saying the famine in Yemen is likely to be the worst famine in a generation. There is plenty of blood on the hands of the United States which both the Obama and Trump administrations support the Saudis”' war in Yemen. One wouldn”'t know how severe the famine is if the white Fourth Estate, social media, ignores most of the coverage in Yemen. One has to rely on Amy Goodman”'s Democracy Now” or Ron Edward”'s “Black Focus,” or the likes of independent news outlets to get [...]
Peace on Earth”¦ 2040
Raise Your Voice By PETER MOLENAAR Commendable activists from this community recently invested hours of engagement with our city”'s planning process. The “2040 Plan” attempts to envision beyond the immediate future, and certainly reflects more than just the question of neighborhood housing density. Importantly, as well, 2040 intends to ameliorate climate change with infrastructure adjustments. Frankly, in this endeavor, “we the people” of Minneapolis are light-years ahead of our nation”'s ruling party. Case in point, Star Tribune, Nov. 15: “The United States has lost its military edge to a dangerous degree and could potentially lose a war against China or Russia ”¦ The panel argued that despite a $716 billion defense budget this year, which is four times that of China and more than 10 times that of Russia”¦ it is recommended that Congress lift budget caps on defense spending .” Feel free to draw your own [...]
