MEDIA ROOTS – Dr. Ursula Wilder, a clinical psychologist and Fellow at the Brookings Institution, recently wrote a piece entitled Inside the Mind of a Terrorist, in which she offers “provisional thoughts about [the most recent terrorist] bomb maker’s psyche.” Instead, her rudimentary, superficial insight about terrorism unintentionally exposes the shroud of ignorance under which the U.S. war machine functions. … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS – Over a decade ago, the U.S. Air Force expressed interest in fielding a next-generation, hypersonic missile known as the High Speed Strike Weapon (HSSW). Recognizing the lucrative money available in Department of Defense contracts, war industry officials began conceptualizing suitable prototypes. Understanding the nature of HSSW and the corrupt practices of its primary developer should lead one … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS – Citizenship unites all of us around share rights and responsibilities, which guide our daily conduct. We have the right to express ourselves and the responsibility to respect others, participate in the democratic process, and pursue happiness. However, the increased militarization of state and local police forces has helped propagate a climate in which citizen journalists are victimized … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS – Daniel Klaidman, former editor for Newsweek magazine, recently produced a slick and pandering ‘anti-war’, pro-drone, pro-Obama video on the ‘liberal’ website The Daily Beast. The segment insinuated that Muslims in Pakistan are grateful for US drone strikes, even when they kill innocent people. A portion of the clip humanizes drone operators, saying that sometimes they linger for hours, even … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS – I was recently interviewed by Aaron Dykes on the Info Wars Nightly News to discuss several issues: the Bilderberg Group and the evolution of the global protest movement; Stuxnet and the CIA’s covert warfare in Iran; the US government’s fearmongering about cyberterrorism; the increasing irrelevancy of the corporate media and the rise of citizen journalism; the alternative … Read More
