European news site posts Sam Hyde as alleged Crimea Bridge bomber
FeaturedWIB cultureWIB politics October 10, 2022
He can’t keep getting away with it. From mass shootings to acts of terror and suspicious destructions of critical bridges in faraway lands, comedian Sam Hyde seems to have more reach than most comic book supervillains- at least if you ask media outlets. In what has become a litmus... Read more
German foreign minister vows to support Ukraine war effort, “no matter what my German voters think”
WIB politics September 1, 2022
Germany’s foreign minister has decided that she will support the war in Ukraine- regardless of what Germans want or how it may impact their quality of life. In what seems to be a case of taking support of the “current thing” way too far, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said... Read more
The Wars No One Notices
WIB politics February 16, 2018
I’m in my mid-30s, which means that, after the 9/11 attacks, when this country went to war in Afghanistan and Iraq in what President George W. Bush called the “Global War on Terror,” I was still in college. I remember taking part in a couple of campus antiwar demonstrations... Read more
Still Waiting for Americans to Wake Up to Their Country’s Wars
WIB politics December 11, 2017
What makes a Harvey Weinstein moment? The now-disgraced Hollywood mogul is hardly the first powerful man to stand accused of having abused women. The Harveys who preceded Harvey himself are legion, their prominence matching or exceeding his own and the misdeeds with which they were charged at least as... Read more
Let’s face it — in times of war, the Constitution tends to take a beating. With the safety or survival of the nation said to be at risk, the basic law of the land — otherwise considered sacrosanct — becomes nonbinding, subject to being waived at the whim of... Read more